Ostorhinchus rubrimacula, Adult, Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Photo: Joe Shields
Ostorhinchus rubrimacula, Adult, Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Photo: Joe Shields
Ostorhinchus rubrimacula, Adult. Photo: Graham Edgar
Ostorhinchus rubrimacula, Adult, Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Pearly white with a gold or red spot on tail base and golden stripes along side (night colouration without stripes also shown). Similar O.properuptus, O. cyanosoma and O. wassinki all lack spot on tail base.
Information
Max Size: 6 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 24.5-30.4°C
Depth: 0-33m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Rarity
Threats: Habitat degradation
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (9% 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: Several (8 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
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