Pseudoceros dimidiatus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
Pseudoceros dimidiatus, Coral Sea, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Elongated oval body. Variable colouration but all include a black body with an orange margin. Varying amounts of yellow-green stripes and blotches, commonly two wide yellow-green stripes separated by a central black median line of variable width. Coral reefs, grows to 80 mm.
Information
Max Size: 8 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 26.6-29.4°C
Habitat: Coral Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Rare (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: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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