FB-69063 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69063 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Nothobranchiidae Aphyosemion Aphyosemion rubrogaster Chirio, Legros & Agnèse, 2018 Western Pacific spinysnout soldierfish 2020-01-14 2024-01-22 Fricke, R.0 <i>Ostichthys spiniger</i>, a new species of soldierfsh from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacifc Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). Ichthyol. Re. 65:127-133. (Ref. 121787) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69072 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-03-03 00:00:00 2020-03-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69072 This species is distinguished by the following characters: scales above lateral line to mid-base of spinous portion of dorsal fin 3 1/2; half-scale not present anterior to first lateral-line scale; head dorsal profile nearly uniformly convex; anterior end of each nasal bone has a sharp, forwardly directed spine; with a strong spine at corner of preopercle, significantly larger than other serrations; pectoral-fin rays 17; lateral-line scales 29; gill rakers 8 + 13; the last dorsal-fin spine is shorter than penultimate spine; body depth 2.2 in SL; HL 2.4 in SL; very short snout, 6.6 in HL; least depth of caudal peduncle 4.9 in HL. Colour when fresh: silvery head and body, re dorsally with upper sides of body red with silver spots; red eye with black pupil; rose coloured vertical fins and caudal fin; translucent fins (Ref. 121787).Description: This species differs from Ostichthys acanthorhinus by havina a shorter snout, length 6.6 in HL (vs. 5.15?6.0 in HL); a longer caudal peduncle, length 2.8 in HL (vs. 3.45?3.6 in HL); predorsal scales 8 (vs. 5-6); gill rakers 8 + 13, total 21 (vs. 10-12 + 16-18, total 26?30); procurrent spiniform caudal-fin rays upper 6 and lower 5 (vs. upper 4 and lower 3) (Ref. 121787). Fricke, R. 2017 <i>Ostichthys spiniger</i>, a new species of soldierfsh from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacifc Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). Ichthyol. Re. 65:127-133. (Ref. 121787) FB-Morphology-69072 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-03-03 00:00:00 2020-03-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69072 Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 4; Analsoft rays: 10 Fricke, R. 2017 <i>Ostichthys spiniger</i>, a new species of soldierfsh from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacifc Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). Ichthyol. Re. 65:127-133. (Ref. 121787) FB-Distribution-69072 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-03-03 00:00:00 2020-03-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69072 Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea. Fricke, R. 2017 <i>Ostichthys spiniger</i>, a new species of soldierfsh from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacifc Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). Ichthyol. Re. 65:127-133. (Ref. 121787) FB-Size-69072 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-03-03 00:00:00 2020-03-10 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69072 5.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 121787)) Fricke, R. 2017 <i>Ostichthys spiniger</i>, a new species of soldierfsh from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacifc Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). Ichthyol. Re. 65:127-133. (Ref. 121787) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-69072 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-03-03 00:00:00 2020-03-10 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69072 reef-associated; marine; depth range 180 - 181 m (Ref. 121787) Fricke, R. 2017 <i>Ostichthys spiniger</i>, a new species of soldierfsh from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacifc Ocean (Teleostei: Holocentridae). Ichthyol. Re. 65:127-133. (Ref. 121787)