Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 9 - 112 m (Ref. 128010), usually 50 - ? m (Ref. 128010). Tropical
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.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 48635)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 10 - 11; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8 - 10; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 7 - 9.
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 | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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