Western Blackspot Waspfish (Liocranium pleurostigma)

Scientific name: Liocranium pleurostigma Weber, 1913

Western Blackspot Waspfish (Liocranium pleurostigma)

The Western Blackspot Waspfish (Liocranium pleurostigma) is a marine fish of the family Tetrarogidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Australia to the Philippines, including eastern New Guinea on the basis of collected specimens.

Biology

A species of waspfish with the following characters: gill rakers 14-17 (mode 15); posterior tip of depressed pelvic-fin spine often reaching the anus; relatively short length of upper-jaw, 16.7-18.9% of SL, mean 17.6%; depth of maxilla relatively low (5.1-7.2% of SL, mean 5.9%); longest anal-fin soft ray relatively long (23.8-30.9% of SL, mean 28.8%); relatively small, broad and horizontally oriented first blotch (mean width 12.5% of SL, mean height 10.0% of SL), lateral line running through upper one-third of blotch; extremely small, like a dot, second blotch, mean width 1.2% of SL, mean height 1.5% of SL, located at base of first dorsal-fin soft ray, not on fin membrane; no third blotch.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Liocranium pleurostigma
Family
Tetrarogidae (Wasp fishes)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
3.4
Depth range
11–58 m (36–190 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 11 - 58 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Australia to the Philippines, including eastern New Guinea on the basis of collected specimens.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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