Scientific Name
Lepidotrigla multispinosa

Common Name
Indian Ocean spiny gurnard

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17

Classification

Classified By

Smith, 1934

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Searobins (Triglidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Indian Ocean

Distribution

Western Indian Ocean: coast of east Africa southward to Mozambique and Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4316). New collections provide northward distributional extension to the Horn of Africa (Somalia), and along the southwestern coast of Madagascar (Ref. 9204).

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

230 m

Depth To - meters

335 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 230 - 335 m (Ref. 30573)

Trophic Level

3.4 s.e. 0.48 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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

16.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (21 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated