Aioliops megastigma, Bigspot minidartfish

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Aioliops megastigma Rennis & Hoese, 1987

Bigspot minidartfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Etymology: Aioliops: Greek, aiolias, -ou = a fish (Scaridae) + Greek, ops = similar (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Rennis & Hoese.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 10 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits silty and sheltered reefs in a few meters depth. Swims in small groups near corals (Ref. 48637). Also found in lagoon reefs in 2-10 m (Ref. 90102).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Randall, John E. | Collaborators

Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 May 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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