Lactoria diaphana, Easter Island, Photo: Graham Edgar
Lactoria diaphana, Photo: Graham Edgar
Lactoria diaphana, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Eastern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Pale greenish brown, short spine over each eye, with further spines on dorsal surface and on each side of the ventral ridges. Faint reticulate pattern dorsally and on rear of body, may have dark blotch above and behind base of pectoral fin.
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: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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