Taeniamia zosterophora, Adult. Photo: Graham Edgar
Taeniamia zosterophora, QLD, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Translucent with a wide indistinct dark girdle (occasionally absent), two narrow red bars behind eye and irridescent blue on eyes and snout. Small black spot on tail base distinguishes from T. laei.
Information
Max Size: 8 cm
Depth: 1-40m
Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Infrequent (4% 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: Large aggregations (163 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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