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Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1855)

Striped stingfish
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Australia country information

Common names: Striped stingfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: CIRO CA1844. From North West Cape to Darwin. Also Ref. 3131, 39597, 48635.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Synanceiidae (Stonefishes) > Minoinae
Etymology:   More on author: Bleeker.

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

marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 9 - 112 m (Ref. 128010), usually 50 - ? m (Ref. 128010).   Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: widespread; from the Red Sea and Madagascar east to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, and northern Australia north to the Gulf of Thailand.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 48635)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 10 - 11; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 8 - 10; Espinhos anais: 2; Raios anais moles: 7 - 9.

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Occurs over soft bottoms (Ref. 39597) of the continental shelf. Benthic (Ref. 75154). Secretive species, usually found by accident. Buries itself in the sand during the day. Usually in shallow sheltered habitats with sparse seagrass beds. Sits on top of the sand at night (Ref. 48635). Also found in sand or mud bottoms in 10-50 m (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura, 2018. Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. (Ref. 128010)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless




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