Rhinecanthus verrucosus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Thin red stripe running back from mouth, vertical bar with pale blue margin extending through eye, dark rounded patch on rear belly, and rows of small black spines along tail base. Like other Rhinecanthus species, difficult to closely approach as quickly retreats into holes.
Information
Max Size: 23 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 18.4-31.9°C
Depth: 1-20m
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.
Edit by: extract from RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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