Kulbicki's triplefin

📖 Overview

Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites . Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters . Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 18 - 21. Dorsal profile steep with very short snout; head and preopercular area naked; slender supraorbital tentacle; first dorsal fin a third of the height of second dorsal fin; body coloration gray with 5 indistinct, broad, paired brown bars; uneven bright orange spots on head and anterior body, small posteriorly, and mostly orange on posterior margins of scales; caudal-fin with black base, gray center with a midlateral orange band, a thin white margin, black submarginal line, and a wide bright red-orange arc. Dorsal rays III + XI-XV + 6-10; lateral line discontinuous, 21-22 + 17-19; mandibular pores 3 + 2 + 3 .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Kulbicki's triplefin is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Kulbicki's triplefin is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Kulbicki's triplefin is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 15 m . Tropical Southwest Pacific: Australia to New Caledonia, Fiji, then east to Tonga, Niue and American Samoa.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Scientific Synonyms

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .

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