Description

Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 3 - 5; Anal spines: 8 - 10; Anal soft rays: 3 - 5. Nearly all black, but a thin white line over the back from the tip of the snout and along the tips of the dorsal fin spines (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Plesiopidae

Genus: Acanthoplesiops

Species: Acanthoplesiops hiatti Schultz, 1953

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Pacific: Philippines, Moluccas, southern Japan, Izu Islands, and Marshall Islands.

Biology

Cryptic and rarely seen (Ref. 90102). Adults are found in shallow wave-washed seaward reefs; also in sheltered rubble reef slopes to at least 20 m depth (Ref. 48635). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless