Overview
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii and off Tahiti. Also Western Central Pacific (Ref. 40493).
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Randall, J.E. and L. Wrobel 1988 A new species of soldierfish of the genus Ostichthys and records of O. archiepiscopus and O. sandix from Tahiti. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(3):243-246. (Ref. 10628)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=10628&speccode=7713
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
19.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 10628))
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Randall, J.E. and L. Wrobel 1988 A new species of soldierfish of the genus Ostichthys and records of O. archiepiscopus and O. sandix from Tahiti. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(3):243-246. (Ref. 10628)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=10628&speccode=7713
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Type Information
Paratype for Ostichthys sandix Randall et al.
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Thompson
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Thompson
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
- Paratype: Randall, J. E., et al. 1982. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 29 (1): 16.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 134.4 - 134.505
Temperature range (°C): 21.733 - 21.733
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.434 - 0.434
Salinity (PPS): 35.138 - 35.138
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.731 - 4.731
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.132 - 0.132
Silicate (umol/l): 1.866 - 1.866
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 134.4 - 134.505
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 134.4 - 134.505
Temperature range (°C): 21.733 - 21.733
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.434 - 0.434
Salinity (PPS): 35.138 - 35.138
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.731 - 4.731
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.132 - 0.132
Silicate (umol/l): 1.866 - 1.866
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 134.4 - 134.505
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Environment
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 320 - 400 m (Ref. 10628)
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Randall, J.E. and L. Wrobel 1988 A new species of soldierfish of the genus Ostichthys and records of O. archiepiscopus and O. sandix from Tahiti. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(3):243-246. (Ref. 10628)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=10628&speccode=7713
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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