Diagnostic Description
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Body tan to black in color with light spots; midside with small elongate dark spots; short vertical bars or saddles above (Ref. 2798); characterized further by prolonged third dorsal spine , forms long filament in adult; longitudinal scale series 23-25; ctenoid scales; head scaled except snout and interorbital space; 3-9 close-set spines on edge of preopercle just above the corner; rounded caudal fin; depth of body 3.0-3.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Life Cycle
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Benthic spawner.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Found on algal-coated reef rock and rubble of inner flats and turbid lagoons (Ref. 1602). Takes refuge in burrows or holes in the reef (Ref. 11441).
Biology
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Found on algal-coated reef rock and rubble of inner flats and turbid lagoons (Ref. 1602). Takes refuge in burrows or holes in the reef (Ref. 11441). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 89972). Solitary or in small group (Ref 90102).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Importance
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aquarium: commercial
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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分布於印度-太平洋區海域：由紅海到夏威夷群島、列島群島與土木土群島，北至臺灣、日本，南至羅得豪島與拉帕等。臺灣分布於各地河口、港灣及潟湖等水域。
利用
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小型魚類，不具漁業價值。
描述
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體延長，前部分呈圓筒形，後部側扁。背緣弧形，腹緣呈淺弧形。頭長為體長的1/3倍。眼居上側位，眼間距小於眼徑，眼眶四周具有黑色斑紋。吻短，吻長較眼徑小。口斜裂，前上位，上頜、下頜約等長，口裂延伸至眼前緣的下方。前鰓蓋後緣中部有1處具3-5個大小相等，且指向後方的鋸齒狀小棘。第1背鰭的第3根棘條延長呈絲狀；腹鰭分叉；臀鰭與第2背鰭同形；尾鰭呈圓截形。頭、身體呈棕褐色，背側深色，腹部淺色，體側有不規則的暗褐色斑點及橫帶。體側鱗片常具有亮藍色小點。背鰭基底有1縱列略大的暗褐色斑點；各鰭淺褐色，有多行暗色點紋；胸鰭基部上端常有1個亮藍色斑點。(林上智、林沛立編寫
2012/10)
棲地
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近岸的小型底棲性魚類，通常活動於港灣、砂泥底質的岩礁區等地點。喜愛棲息於岩岸潮池有砂泥底質的地方，有時亦會出現於河口、瀉湖等區域，可耐受半淡鹹水的環境。受驚嚇時會躲入自己築出的沙礁混合小岩穴中。通常以有機碎屑、小型無脊椎動物及浮游生物為食。
Asterropteryx semipunctata
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Asterropteryx semipunctata: Brief Summary
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Asterropteryx semipunctata, the starry goby is a species of true goby from the family Gobiidae. It is a widespread species, found from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf to Hawaii and the Line Islands, north to Japan and south to Lord Howe Island, as well as Western Australia and New South Wales. It is found on reef rocks covered in algae and among the rubble of the inner flats and turbid lagoons. It uses burrows and holes in the reef to hide in and it feeds on small benthic invertebrates. This species is found either living a solitary life but has also been recorded in small groups. It is the type species of the genus Asterropteryx.
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