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Aporops bilinearis Schultz, 1943

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 25; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 19 - 21; Vertebrae: 10 - 18. Adults' body light brown with scattered vertically elongate dark brown spots. Large pores in interorbital space absent (except in small juveniles). Preopercular spine projecting upward. Caudal vertebrae rarely up to 19. Lateral line scales: anterior 32-38; posterior 14-28 (usually 19-21) when fully developed. Longitudinal line series 53-59.

Common Names

  • Gevlekte vetsak , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Blotched podge , English , Australia
  • Blotched podge , English , South Africa
  • Poreless podge , English , Micronesia
  • Poreless podge , English , UK
  • Poreless podge , English , Hawaii
  • Twolined soapfish , English , Micronesia
  • Twolined soapfish , English , Hawaii
  • Nanyo-togemegisu , Japanese , Japan
  • Yamato-togemegisu , Japanese , Japan
  • 双线少孔纹鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 双线拟鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑块少孔纹鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑塊少孔紋鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本少孔紋鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本少孔纹鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雙線少孔紋鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雙線擬鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • Ateate , Samoan , Samoa

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Serranoidei

    Family: Grammistidae

    Genus: Aporops

    Species: Aporops bilinearis Schultz, 1943

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-Pacific and Western Central Pacific.

    • Biology

    A shallow-water species (Ref. 27020). Found among corals of wave-washed seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthic species (Ref. 7300, 58302). Solitary and cryptic (Ref 90102).

    Habitat

    associated