Threeblotched rabbitfish
📖 Overview
Overview information for Threeblotched rabbitfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 7; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 13. Sides of body and fins bright yellow with orange cast; 3 chocolate brown patches on upper half of body below spinous part of dorsal fin; head, thorax, ventral margin of body, upper half of sides, and caudal peduncle with blue pinhead-sized ocelli, with deep blue margin; ocelli also present within the 3 patches; fins may be invaded basally by blue ocelli. Brown smudge running diagonally through eye; yellow lips; dusky yellow iris. Fin and nape spines fairly stout, pungent, and venomous. Midline of thorax and pelvic ridges fully scaled.: short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Threeblotched rabbitfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Threeblotched rabbitfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Threeblotched rabbitfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 5 m . Tropical North West Cape; Murion Islands; Rosemary Islands, Dampier Archipelago).
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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