Crimsontip longfin
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
No photo yet
A longfin from the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa eastward, with orange-red tips to the dorsal spines. It reaches 10 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Plesiops coeruleolineatus
- Family
- Plesiopidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Plesiopidae
- Order
- Ovalentaria/misc
- Synonyms
- Pharopteryx melas, Pharopteryx semeion, Plesiops caeruleolineatus, Plesiops corallicola, Plesiops melas, Plesiops nigricans, Plesiops nigricans apoda, Plesiops semeion, Plesiops welas, Pseudochromichthys riukianus
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia, África
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 10 cm
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
Spotted wrong data on this page? Let us know