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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Sibio_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Sibio_u0.jpg Locality: Ujung Pandang, Celebes, Indonesia. FB-pic-7245-22057 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-31 2000-08-25 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Sibio_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Sibio_u4.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Adults occur in sandy to silty bottoms of lagoons and coastal bays near coral, rubble or leaf litter shelter. Solitary or in pairs that share sandy burrows (Ref. 90102). They feed on small interstitial invertebrates by sifting mouthfuls of sand. Monogamous (Ref. 52884, 48637). Allen, G.R. and R. Swainston 1992 Reef fishes of New Guinea: a field guide for divers, anglers and naturalists. Publication No. 8. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. 132 p. (Ref. 6023) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7245 Conspicuous ocellated dorsal fins (Ref. 90102); characterized by pale bluish grey to yellowish tan; narrow brown bar below eye; upper half of body with irregular brown spot and saddles; three irregular brown bars on lower half of body; narrow brown bar across base of caudal fin; pelvic and anal fins black with blue spots; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 48-55; mainly ctenoid body scales posteriorly, becoming cycloid anteriorly just behind pectoral base and below first dorsal fin; cycloid on ventral surface of abdomen; head and midline of nape without scales; depth of body 4.3-5.6 in SL (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 10 - 11 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 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=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Western Pacific: Philippines to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef; Palau in Micronesia. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Uses-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-LifeCycle-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=7245&StockCode=7414 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-22 00:00:00 2000-11-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public biocellatus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Occurs in sandy to silty bottoms of lagoons and coastal bays near coral, rubble or leaf litter shelter. Feeds on small interstitial invertebrates by sifting mouthfuls of sand. Allen, G.R. and R. Swainston 1992 Reef fishes of New Guinea: a field guide for divers, anglers and naturalists. Publication No. 8. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. 132 p. (Ref. 6023) FB-Size-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 10.0 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-7245 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-01 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=7245 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 1602), usually 2 - 30 m (Ref. 27115) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 SF457.1 .B3513 1994 Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition. (Ref. 27115)