Onestripe wormfish (Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia) fish species and information / pictures of Onestripe wormfish - Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia

Onestripe wormfish (Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia) fish species information

Scientific Name
Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia

Common Name
Onestripe wormfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 39; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 36

Classification

Classified By
Bleeker, 1858
Class
Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
Order
Perch-like fish (Perciformes)
Family
Wormfishes (Microdesmidae)

Distribution

Region
Western Central Pacific
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Java and the Philippines to western Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Rowley Shoals and the southern Great Barrier Reef. Throughout Micronesia.
Range
30°N - 24°S

Environment

Climate
Tropical
Water Temperature From
22 °C
Water Temperature To
27 °C
Depth From - meters
1 m
Depth To - meters
8 m
Zone
reef-associated
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 8 m (Ref. 9710), usually ? - 3 m (Ref. 1602)
Trophic Level
3.28 s.e. 0.39 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Occurs in Marine / Salt water
True
Occurs in Brackish water
False
Occurs in Fresh Water
False
Occurs on Reefs
True
Is kept in Aquariums
True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length
12.0 cm
Common Length
Unknown cm
Phylogenetic Diversity Index
PD50 = 0.5078 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses
Aquarium: commercial
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)
Resilience
Unknown
Threat To Humans
  Harmless
IUCN Red List Status
  Not Evaluated