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Meiacanthus atrodorsalis in Indonesia
Forktail blenny

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis (Günther, 1877)
Family:	Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies)	picture (Meatr_u3.jpg) by Randall, J.E.
Order:	Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Forktail blenny
Max. size:	11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment:	reef-associated ; depth range 1 - 30 m
Climate:	tropical; 30°N - 24°S
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Western Pacific: Bali and the Philippines east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Rowley Shoals, the southern Great Barrier Reef, and New Caledonia; throughout Micronesia. Replaced by the uniformly yellow species ovalauensis in Fiji, and by Meiacanthus tongaensis in Tonga (Ref. 37816).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-28; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 15-18. Identified by the blue-edged diagonal black line from the eye and yellow dorsal fin or back. Adults have long filaments on the caudal fin tips; length without filaments (Ref. 48636).
Biology:	Inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs below the surge zone to 30 m depth (Ref. 9710). A common species, often seen along slopes and drop-offs, adults sometimes in small groups (Ref. 48636). Feed on zooplankton and also on small benthic invertebrates. Inoffensive, but immune from predation (Ref. 9710). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	venomous , Myers, R.F.. 1991
Coordinator:	Williams, Jeffrey T.
Main Ref:	Myers, R.F.. 1991. (Ref. 1602)
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Common names:	Eye-lash harptail-blenny	Ref: Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001
Status:	native	Ref: Kunzmann, A., J.E. Randall and I. Suprihanto, 1998
Salinity:	marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Bali and Flores; also from Mentawai Islands (Ref. 27157). Also recorded from Raja Ampat Islands, Komodo, Manado and vicinity, Sangalakki Island, Togean and Banggai Islands; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Kalimantan (Ref. 47567). Museum: Kabaena, USNM 211902, 211912. Banda Sea, Ambon Is., USNM 211952. Saparua Is., USNM 210141. Banda Is., USNM 211931, 211938, 211942 -43 (Ref. 7401). Also Ref. 8631, 48636.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Myers, R.F., 1991
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