Diagnostic Description
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Has a more anteriorly pointed dorsal fin and more rays in anal fin (Ref. 48635).Description: Characterized by having variable color, normally shades of brown color finely flecked with white; abruptly white forehead and snout; dorsal rays membrane not incised; longest is second dorsal spine, greater than head length; spinous portion of dorsal fin held fully erect; dorsal fin origin in front of eye; two spines in lacrimal, directed posteriorly; posterior lacrimal spine longer than anterior spine; short, blunt spine and four smaller ones below at border of preoperculum; depth of body 2.8-3.2 in SL (Ref. 90102).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8
Biology
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Inshore, usually muddy-sand habitat, estuaries and coastal slopes (Ref. 48635). Sways back and forth with current surge, mimicking dead leaves and other debris (Ref 90102).
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分布
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分布於西印度-西太平洋海域。臺灣東北部及澎湖等均有分布。
利用
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中小型魚類，除學術研究及水族觀賞外，不具食用價值。
描述
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體延長而極側扁；頭小，背緣近於垂直或略凹，上方無棘或稜脊。眼小，眼間隔凸出。體具小形而埋於皮下之圓鱗。背鰭單一，起點於眼前緣之上方，具硬棘
XVII，第II棘最長，第II至IV間特高而形成帆狀，軟條數
7，最末根軟條有膜與尾柄相連；臀鰭基底較長，基底長大於腹鰭起點與臀鰭起點間之距離，具硬棘
III，軟條 9-10。體橄欖色至紅褐色，無斑紋。
棲地
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棲息地多樣化，包括淺灘區、
具有沙子、碎石與水草混合的亞潮帶區、河口區、海草床區、礁石區等。
經常可以在海中看到一個非常扁長形的魚在底部配合著海浪就像是樹葉般的來回擺動。屬於夜行性魚。背鰭鰭棘下具毒腺，是海中危險生物。
Ablabys macracanthus
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Ablabys macracanthus, also known as the spiny waspfish or as the spiny leaf-fish in Indonesia, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a waspfish belonging to the subfamily Tetraroginae of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. This species is found in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2]
Taxonomy
Ablabys macracanthus was first formally described in 1852 as Apistus macracanthus by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with the type locality given as Wahai, northern Ceram, Indonesia.[3] The specific name macracanthus means "large thorn" or "large spine", Bleeker did not explain the allusion but it is presumed to be referring to the characteristic long dorsal fin spines of the genus Ablabys.[4]
Description
Ablabys macracanthus has 15 or 16 spines and between 8 and 10 soft rays in its dorsal fin while the anal fin has 3 spines and 7 or 8 soft rays.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Ablabys macracanthus is found in the eastern Indian Ocean from the Andaman Sea off Myanmar and Thailand into the western Pacific Ocean[2] reaching east as far as the Philippines and south to New Guinea.[5] It is found in shallow, inshore waters at depths of between 1 and 20 m (3 ft 3 in and 65 ft 7 in) in areas of sand or mud, estuaries and on coastal slopes.[2] It lives at tropical latitudes (25 to 8 degrees north latitude).[2]
Biology
Ablabys macracanthus is harmless to humans. It can grow up to as long as 20 cm and it often sways with the current, mimicking a pile of leaves.[2] This species attains a maximum total, length of 20 cm (7.9 in).[2]
References
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^ "Ablabys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)". ITIS. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
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^ a b c d e f g h Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Ablabys macracanthus" in FishBase. February 2022 version.
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^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ablabys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (10 March 2022). "Order Perciformes (Part 10): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Families Apistidae, Tetrarogidae, Synanceiidae, Aploacrinidae, Perryenidae, Eschmeyeridae, Pataceidae, Gnathanacanthidae, Congiopodidae and Zanclorhynchidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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^ Andréfouët, Serge; Chen, Wei-Jen; Kinch, Jeff; et al. (2019). "Ablabys macracanthus Bleeker 1852. In Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records". Zootaxa. 4588 (1): 1–360. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5580409.
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Ablabys macracanthus: Brief Summary
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Ablabys macracanthus, also known as the spiny waspfish or as the spiny leaf-fish in Indonesia, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a waspfish belonging to the subfamily Tetraroginae of the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives. This species is found in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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