Barred Spiny Basslet, Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby 1889)


Other Names: Banded Longfin, Banded Spiny Basslet, Spiny Basslet

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Barred Spiny Basslet, Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby 1889)

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Distribution

Lindeman Island to off Myora, Queensland, Middleton and Elizabeth reefs, and Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, and Perth to Exmouth and Kimberley region Western Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. A secretive species that inhabits inshore reefs, including tidepools, sheltering in crevices and under rocks.

Features

Dorsal fin XVII-XX, 4-5; Anal fin X-XII, 3-5; 3 unbranched lateral lines running full length of body; lateral scale rows 35-36.

Pelvic fin outer soft ray branched, inner soft ray unbranched; gill rakers elongate; no spines in the operculum; 5 infraorbital bones; palatines and basihyal toothless; 3 epurals; moderate hypural 5.

Colour

Body pale to darker brown with several narrow, vertical, dark brown bands on sides; throat and cheeks suffused with pinkish-red; brownish-black blotch on opercle. Head, snout, and lower jaw medium brown, the sharply-defined lower limit of this colouring extending from inner angle of jaws, just above posteroventral margin of eye and including opercular blotch. Much of dorsal and anal fin membranes red or dark brown; dark, greyish-brown on the posteriormost dorsal soft rays, remaining rays with paler greyish suffusion; dark, greyish-brown edgingmargin distally on membrane between anal spines, if membrane red basally; a pale greyish suffusion on distal portion of anal-fin soft rays; fleshy appendages of dorsal and anal spines white or very pale orange. Base of caudal fin reddish-brown with pinkish-grey suffusion distally, or pale brown basally, and pale greyish distally. Pectoral and pelvic fins translucent, pale greyish. 

Biology

Females lay demersal eggs that are guarded by the ma;e parent.

Species Citation

Acanthoclinus fasciolatus Ogilby 1889,  Mem. Aust. Mus. 2(3): 63, pl. 3(3). Type locality: Lord Howe Island. 

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Barred Spiny Basslet, Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby 1889)

References


Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. 

Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 

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 

Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93, 193-228 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp. 

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. 

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 

Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) 

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. 

Kuiter, R.H. 2004. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 1, 216 pp. 

McCulloch, A.R. 1910. Exhibition of fishes new to Australia, and a note on Percalates colonorum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35(2): 431 

McCulloch, A.R. 1915. Notes and illustrations of Queensland fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 47-56 pls 16-18 

Ogilby, J.D. 1889. The reptiles and fishes of Lord Howe Island. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 2(3): 51-74 pls 2-3 

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. 

Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 

Whitley, G.P. 1926. The biology of North-West Islet, Capricorn Group. (C) Fishes. The Australian Zoologist 4(4): 227-236 fig. 1 pls 33-34 

Yerman, M.N. & Leis, J.M. 2011. Larvae of Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae). Records of the Australian Museum 63: 79-83

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37319002

Depth:0-11 m

Fishing:Aquarium fish

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:5 cm TL

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