Dr. Glen Whisson, Aqua Research and Monitoring Services, Australien
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We like to thank Dr. Glen Whisson for the first photo of Assiculus punctatus.
Assiculus punctatus is a small monotypic dwarf perch with small, bright light blue spots on the head and body.
Males are bluish and smaller females are greenish-yellow.
The perch inhabits turbid nearshore reefs and herbaceous beds, in the Northern Territory, Australia, it prefers heavily eroded limestone reefs, usually in relatively muddy water .
The fish is considered a "secretive species", meaning that it lives hidden and is not often observed.
Synonyms:
Cichlops filamentosus MacLeay, 1881
Pseudochromis muelleri Klunzinger, 1880
Pseudochromis punctatus (Richardson, 1846)
Assiculus punctatus is a small monotypic dwarf perch with small, bright light blue spots on the head and body.
Males are bluish and smaller females are greenish-yellow.
The perch inhabits turbid nearshore reefs and herbaceous beds, in the Northern Territory, Australia, it prefers heavily eroded limestone reefs, usually in relatively muddy water .
The fish is considered a "secretive species", meaning that it lives hidden and is not often observed.
Synonyms:
Cichlops filamentosus MacLeay, 1881
Pseudochromis muelleri Klunzinger, 1880
Pseudochromis punctatus (Richardson, 1846)
