Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Found on seaward reefs of Guam and Tinian, to a depth of 8 m (Ref. 1602).
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Distribution
Western Pacific: Mariana Islands. More recently reported from the Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897).
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Size
Max. size
2.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 28618))
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Randall, J.E. 1997 Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished. (Ref. 28618)
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Diagnostic Description
Preopercular spine 0[1/0]1.
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Type Information
Paratype for Synchiropus circularis Fricke
Catalog Number: USNM 267391
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): R. Jones & et al.
Year Collected: 1970
Locality: Beach Cave Cove, NW of Tinian Town, Tinian, Marianas Islands., Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, Mariana Islands, Pacific
Catalog Number: USNM 267391
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): R. Jones & et al.
Year Collected: 1970
Locality: Beach Cave Cove, NW of Tinian Town, Tinian, Marianas Islands., Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, Mariana Islands, Pacific
- Paratype: Fricke, R. 1984. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria". 85: 68.
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Holotype for Synchiropus circularis Fricke
Catalog Number: USNM 267390
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): R. Jones & et al.
Year Collected: 1970
Locality: Beach Cave Cove, NW of Tinian Town, Tinian, Marianas Islands., Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, Mariana Islands, Pacific
Catalog Number: USNM 267390
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): R. Jones & et al.
Year Collected: 1970
Locality: Beach Cave Cove, NW of Tinian Town, Tinian, Marianas Islands., Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, Mariana Islands, Pacific
- Holotype: Fricke, R. 1984. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria". 85: 68.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
reef-associated; marine; depth range ? - 8 m (Ref. 1602)
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 5 - 5.65
Temperature range (°C): 25.709 - 25.709
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.151 - 0.151
Salinity (PPS): 35.312 - 35.312
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.727 - 4.727
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.141 - 0.141
Silicate (umol/l): 1.409 - 1.409
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 5 - 5.65
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 5 - 5.65
Temperature range (°C): 25.709 - 25.709
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.151 - 0.151
Salinity (PPS): 35.312 - 35.312
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.727 - 4.727
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.141 - 0.141
Silicate (umol/l): 1.409 - 1.409
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 5 - 5.65
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Depth: 0 - 8m.
Recorded at 8 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated.
Recorded at 8 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated.
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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.
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