Apogon selas — Details

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Overview

Comprehensive Description

Biology

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Found in sheltered water with low coral growth or coral rubble, on fine silty sand (Ref. 10694). In small aggregations (Ref. 48635).
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Distribution

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Western Pacific: southern Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Indonesia; also Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897).
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Physical Description

Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8
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Size

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Maximum size: 36.90000152587891 mm SL
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Max. size

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4.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 48635))
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Diagnostic Description

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Distinctive are the eye-sized black spot at the base of the tail and broad light-bordered mid-lateral orange stripe (Ref. 37816).
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Type Information

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Paratype for Apogon selas Randall & Hayashi
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): M. Hayashi
Year Collected: 1982
Locality: Ryukyu Islands, Iriomote Island, Funauki Bay., Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 15 to 15
  • Paratype: Randall, J. E. & Hayashi, M. 1990. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 36 (4): 399.
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Ecology

Habitat

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Depth range based on 3 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 20 - 72

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Depth range (m): 20 - 72
 
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Depth: 4 - 42m.
From 4 to 42 meters.

Habitat: reef-associated. Found in sheltered water with low coral growth or coral rubble, on fine silty sand (Ref. 10694).
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Environment

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reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 - 45 m (Ref. 48635)
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Life History and Behavior

Life Cycle

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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
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Conservation

Threats

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Not Evaluated
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