FB-59218 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59218 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Stomiiformes Stomiidae Eustomias Eustomias cancriensis Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon, 1983 Bigspot minidartfish Mini dart-goby 2002-04-02 2007-06-14 Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.)0 A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001. (Ref. 40966) Allen, G.R.0 Reef fishes of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. In T. Werner and G. Allen (eds). A rapid biodiversity assessment of the coral reefs of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. RAP Working Papers 11, Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Ref. 41464) Allen, G.R. and M. Adrim0 Coral reef fishes of Indonesia. Zool. Stud. 42(1):1-72. (Ref. 47567) Larson, H.K.0 Microdesmidae. Wormfishes, dart-gobies, fire gobies. p. 3607-3608. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 48398) Werner, T.B. and G.R. Allen0 A rapid marine biodiversity assessment of the Calamianes Islands, Palawan province, Philippines. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 17. Washington, D.C.:Conservation International. (Ref. 48613) Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka0 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. <https://www.iucnredlist.org/>. Downloaded 10 Jan 2023. (Ref. 126983) FB-GeneralDescr-59225 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-04-02 00:00:00 2013-07-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59225 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 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). 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-59225 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Roxanne Rei Valdestamon 2013-04-26 00:00:00 2013-04-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59225 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Description: Characterized by having yellow snout and top of head; semi-translucent greyish on back; lower side pinkish except bluish or white abdominal region; presence of bold black stripe from above eye to upper caudal fin base; middle of caudal fin with large black spot; scaled body; three preopercular pores; gill membrane attached below posterior preopercular margin; caudal peduncle 24% of SL (Ref. 90102). Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) FB-Morphology-59225 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Roxanne Rei Valdestamon 2013-04-26 00:00:00 2013-04-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59225 Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9 - 11 Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) FB-Distribution-59225 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-04-02 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59225 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Western Central Pacific. Larson, H.K. 2001 Microdesmidae. Wormfishes, dart-gobies, fire gobies. p. 3607-3608. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 48398) FB-Size-59225 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-04-02 00:00:00 2013-07-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59225 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 3.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)) Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka 2001 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-59225 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-04-02 00:00:00 2013-07-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59225 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 10 m (Ref. 90102) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102)