Description

Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5; Anal spines: 7 - 8; Anal soft rays: 4 - 5. Acanthoplesiops species with the following autapomorphic character states: 1) anterior two thirds of belly naked and 2) first two (instead of only the 1st) pterygiophores of dorsal-fin spines inserted between 2nd and 3rd neural spines.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Plesiopidae

Genus: Acanthoplesiops

Species: Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Pacific: known only from southern Japan, Taiwan, and Philippines.

Biology

Cryptic and rarely seen (Ref. 90102). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless