Glaucosoma magnificum

Threadfin Pearl Perch | Pearl Perch
Glaucosoma magnificum
Glaucosoma magnificum, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Glaucosoma magnificum
Glaucosoma magnificum, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Glaucosoma magnificum
Glaucosoma magnificum, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Glaucosoma magnificum
Glaucosoma magnificum
Glaucosoma magnificum

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Dark brown/gold bars on head, one passing through the eye and two more behind eye, gold spots on body, long trailing filaments on dorsal and anal fins.


Information

Max Size: 32 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 22.1-31.5°C

Depth: 8-10 m

Habitat Generalization Index: 3.09

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (7.1% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Many (18 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland