Salarias ceramensis

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Salarias ceramensis
Salarias ceramensis, QLD, Australia, Photo: Joe Shields
Salarias ceramensis
Salarias ceramensis, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Salarias ceramensis
Salarias ceramensis, Coral Sea, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Salarias ceramensis
Salarias ceramensis
Salarias ceramensis

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Large dark spots along midside, underlying smaller white spotted pattern. Lacks large white spots on breast as on S. fasciatus or black blotch at base of dorsal fin as on Crossosalarias macrospilus.


Information

Max Size: 15 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 23.6-29.4°C

Depth: 1-10m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

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: Least Concern

Occurrence: Infrequent (6.1% 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: Few (2 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