Smallest mature female measured at 6.3 cm.

Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Flores in Indonesia, and Sibvan Island in Borneo.

Western Pacific.

Maximum size: 104 mm SL

10.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 8525))

Color in life pale with 8 golden brown stripes. Stripes below middle of body equal to or slightly wider than interspaces. Stripes above middle of body slightly narrower than interspaces. Distal half of first dorsal fin black and proximal half pale. Second dorsal, anal, pectoral, and pelvic fins with reddish tinge. Leading edge of second dorsal and anal fins dusky to dark brown, usually darker distally. Upper- and lowermost caudal-fin rays dark brown. No dark caudal spot (Ref 8525).

Paratype for Cheilodipterus alleni Gon
Catalog Number: USNM 326643
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): G. Allen & R. Steene
Year Collected: 1991
Locality: Madang: P.N.G. Outer Reef - Outside of Rasch Pass, Papua New Guinea, Pacific
Depth (m): 38 to 38

reef-associated; marine

Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 38 - 38
 
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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).

Not Evaluated