FB-70991 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70991 Animalia Chordata Petromyzonti Petromyzontiformes Petromyzontidae Lethenteron Lethenteron satoi Sakai, Iwata & Watanabe, 2024 2025-03-21 2025-03-21 Toji, T., E.M. Abdussamad, S. Ameri, B. Sijad and K.K. Sajikumar0 An integrative taxonomic study on needlefishes (Belonidae) unveils two new species within the genus <i>Ablennes</i> from the Indian Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 74:103522. (Ref. 133121) FB-DiagnosticDescr-71000 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-24 00:00:00 2025-04-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71000 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body is elongated and laterally compressed with relatively short head, comparatively big eye and high interorbital width; maxilla is short with 0.95-1.1 times of eye diameter; lower margin of the nostril lies far below the horizontal line crossing the orbit through pupil; dorsal profile of the head with a moderate number of scales; scales are cycloid and easily detached and have more predorsal and lateral line scales; elongated pelvic, anal, and dorsal fins; anterior part of the dorsal fin with high falcate lobe, posterior part is without prominent dark lobes and the longest ray of the posterior dorsal fin is 50% of the dorsal height; caudal fin is deeply forked and the lower lobe is moderate in length; caudal peduncle depth is moderate when compared with A. hians (Ref. 133121). Toji, T., E.M. Abdussamad, S. Ameri, B. Sijad and K.K. Sajikumar 2024 An integrative taxonomic study on needlefishes (Belonidae) unveils two new species within the genus <i>Ablennes</i> from the Indian Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 74:103522. (Ref. 133121) FB-Morphology-71000 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-24 00:00:00 2025-04-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71000 Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 25; Analsoft rays: 26 - 28; Vertebrae: 91 - 92 Toji, T., E.M. Abdussamad, S. Ameri, B. Sijad and K.K. Sajikumar 2024 An integrative taxonomic study on needlefishes (Belonidae) unveils two new species within the genus <i>Ablennes</i> from the Indian Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 74:103522. (Ref. 133121) FB-Distribution-71000 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-24 00:00:00 2025-03-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71000 Eastern Indian Ocean: India Toji, T., E.M. Abdussamad, S. Ameri, B. Sijad and K.K. Sajikumar 2024 An integrative taxonomic study on needlefishes (Belonidae) unveils two new species within the genus <i>Ablennes</i> from the Indian Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 74:103522. (Ref. 133121) FB-Uses-71000 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-24 00:00:00 2025-03-24 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71000 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-71000 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-24 00:00:00 2025-03-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71000 69.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 133121)) Toji, T., E.M. Abdussamad, S. Ameri, B. Sijad and K.K. Sajikumar 2024 An integrative taxonomic study on needlefishes (Belonidae) unveils two new species within the genus <i>Ablennes</i> from the Indian Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 74:103522. (Ref. 133121) 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-71000 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-24 00:00:00 2025-03-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=71000 reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 133121) Toji, T., E.M. Abdussamad, S. Ameri, B. Sijad and K.K. Sajikumar 2024 An integrative taxonomic study on needlefishes (Belonidae) unveils two new species within the genus <i>Ablennes</i> from the Indian Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 74:103522. (Ref. 133121)