Step-spot pygmygoby
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is characterized by the following: a wide interorbital region (80-100% pupil diameter); the second dorsal spine usually reaching posteriorly to between the bases of the second to third dorsal fin rays; pectoral rays 15-16, usually with 7-8 branched rays; vertical rows of sensory papillae below eye of 2-3 papillae in rows 1-4 and 4-5 in row 5; caudal blotch which has a lower half about two-thirds the width of the upper half; usually an overall yellowish body with yellow at least proximally in the caudal fin .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 12 - 70 m . Tropical Pacific Ocean: Indonesia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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