| Family: |
Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses) |
| Max. size: |
23.7 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic-neritic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Indian Ocean: Indonesia. Known only from East Lombok in the Nusa Tenggara region of Indonesia. The type specimen was collected from the fish market at Tanjung Luar (East Lombok) and caught by handline fishers operating in local waters. Thus, it was not translocated from other fishing areas like much of the landed catch (Ref. 89066). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal-fin rays IX, 12; anal-fin rays III, 8; pectoral-fin rays 13–14; lateral-line scales 44; gill rakers 30 (10+20); body depth 2.2 in SL; eye large, orbit diameter 3.2 in head length; no prominent spine at angle of preopercle; vomerine tooth patch very small, triangular with rounded edges; no teeth on endopterygoids; scales dorsally on head reaching to about level of mid-eye, head naked anteriorly; maxilla fully scaled; tips of first to fourth dorsal spines and pelvic spine expanded with coarse serrations; fourth dorsal spine longest, 3.5 in head length; longest dorsal-fin soft ray 2.3 in SL; third anal-fin spine longest, 2.3 in head length; caudal fin lunate, lobes not tapering, fin length 3.5 in SL; pectoral fins 1.4 in head length; pelvic fins reaching to level of anus, 4.3 in SL (Ref. 89066). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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