Roughscale Soldierfish, Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831)
Other Names: Rough Scale Soldierfish, Rough-scaled Soldierfish, Shy Soldier, Shy Soldierfish
A Roughscale Soldierfish, Plectrypops lima, at the Australian territory of Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Source: Roger Steene / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A bright red soldierfish with bright red fins.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2019, Plectrypops lima in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4448
Roughscale Soldierfish, Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831)
More Info
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Distribution |
Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to Lord Howe Island, Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, in the Tasman Sea; also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii, Easter Island, and north to Japan. The Roughscale Soldierfish is nocturnal and shelters in caves and deep crevices, usually on outer reef slopes. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII, 14-16; Anal fin IV, 10-12; Pectoral fin 16-17; Gill rakers 7-8 + 14-15; Lateral-line scales 39-42; Scale rows above lateral line 4.5. Scales coarsely ctenoid; no pair of tooth patches at front of lower jaw outside gape,; no large spine at angle of preoperculum. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on small crustaceans, crustacean larvae and small fishes. |
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Species Citation |
Myripristis lima Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Vol. 7: 492. Type locality: Île de France. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Roughscale Soldierfish, Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831)
References
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Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
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Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21
Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1979. The Fishes of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Aust. Natl. Parks Wldlf. Ser. Spec. Publ. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 81 pp. 15 pls.
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.
Choat, J.H., van Herwerden, L., Robbins, W.D., Hobbs, J.P. & Ayling, A.M. 2006. A report on the ecological surveys undertaken at Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, February 2006. Report by James Cook University to the Department of the Environment and Heritage. 65 pp.
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 See ref online
Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S.J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 184–202
Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1831. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 7 531 pp. pls 170-208. See ref at BHL
Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. The Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1-50 figs 1-32 pls 1-2 (as Holotrachys lima)
Williams, I. & Greenfield, D. 2016. Plectrypops lima (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67899991A115440924. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67899991A67906267.en. Downloaded on 08 July 2019.
