Scientific Name
Tydemania navigatoris

Common Name
Fleshy-lipped spikefish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Reddish, darker above; some specimens with a blue stripe from eye through gill opening and pectoral base to halfway back on body (Ref. 6660).

Classification

Classified By

Weber, 1913

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Puffers and Filefishes (Tetraodontiformes)

Family

Spikefishes (Triacanthodidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: east coast of Africa to Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

50 m

Depth To - meters

607 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 607 m (Ref. 6660)

Trophic Level

4.4 s.e. 0.80 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

12.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated