| Family: |
Liopropomatidae (Painted basslets), subfamily: Liopropomatinae |
| Max. size: |
5.6 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 20 - 110 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Vanuatu, Philippines, Indonesia and New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Readily identified by the orange stripes and the white-edged black ocelli in the second dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 48635).
Description: Characterized by having a pair of black spots on upper and lower caudal fin lobe; pair of enlarged pores in interorbital space and large pore anteromedially from each posterior nostril; pelvic fins 1.6-1.8 in head length (Ref. 90102). |
| Biology: |
Very secretive in dense brittle coral formation on coastal slopes at depths of about 25 m (Ref. 48635). Solitary (Ref 90102). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 March 2015 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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