American Samoa country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Tutuila (Ref. 27223).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/aq.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1994
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Common names from other countries

Striped spiny-eye triplefin, Helena's spiny eye triplefin, Helena's spiny-eye triplefin, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Ceratobregma: Greek, keras = horn + Greek, bregma = the front of the head (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 40 m (Ref. 27223). Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean (Ref. 30874); Taiwan to southwestern and southeastern Australia and American Samoa.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 54980)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 18 - 20; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 9 - 10; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 2; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 19 - 21. Has a reddish head with rose blotches and an olive green body with irregular light streaks and blotches.

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Fricke, Ronald | Medarbetare

Fricke, R., 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 May 2010

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)