Whiskered viviparous brotula

Alionematichthys piger

Live young sheltered inside shallow reef caves

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

Whiskered viviparous brotula is a marine fish found around Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Central Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 8.4 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Dinematichthyidae
Genus: Alionematichthys
Maximum length: 8.4 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Central Pacific: Andaman Is. to Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Is., north to Australia (up to Lord Howe I.) and eastwards to Micronesia, Line Is., Tuamotus and Pitcairn Group.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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