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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Eponymy: Dr Victor Gruschka Springer (d: 1928) is an American ichthyologist. [...] Dr Michel Kulbicki is a Research Director who was working at IRD Noumea, New Caledonia (2016). He collected the holotypes of both species. He and senior author Fricke co-authored: Checklist of the shore fishes of New Caledonia (2007). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Fricke & Randall.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien rifbewoner; diepte 2 - 15 m (Ref. 13227). Tropical
Southwest Pacific: Australia to New Caledonia, Fiji, then east to Tonga, Niue and American Samoa.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 54980)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 14 - 18; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 6 - 10; Anale stekels: 2; Anale zachte stralen: 18 - 21. Dorsal profile steep with very short snout; head and preopercular area naked; slender supraorbital tentacle; first dorsal fin a third of the height of second dorsal fin; body coloration gray with 5 indistinct, broad, paired brown bars; uneven bright orange spots on head and anterior body, small posteriorly, and mostly orange on posterior margins of scales; caudal-fin with black base, gray center with a midlateral orange band, a thin white margin, black submarginal line, and a wide bright red-orange arc. Dorsal rays III + XI-XV + 6-10; lateral line discontinuous, 21-22 + 17-19; mandibular pores 3 + 2 + 3 (Ref. 54980).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Fricke, R., 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van geen belang
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