Stethojulis interrupta

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Stethojulis interrupta
Stethojulis interrupta, male, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Stethojulis interrupta, female, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Stethojulis interrupta, juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Stethojulis interrupta, male, Bali, Indonesia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Stethojulis interrupta, juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Stethojulis interrupta, female, NSW, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Stethojulis interrupta, juvenile, Jervis Bay, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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Stethojulis interrupta, juvenile, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Stethojulis interrupta, juvenile, Montague Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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Distribution

Temperate Australasia, Temperate northern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Male distinguished from other Stethojulis species by broken mid stripe. Females and juveniles highly variable, but often have yellow snout and distinct black mottling pattern (like a mackerel) behind pectoral fin - but this can be difficult to see in dark/striped forms. Small schools, moving and feeding like sparrows at a cafe.


Information

Max Size: 13 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 15.4-30.9°C

Depth: 1-18 m

Habitat Generalization Index: 16.89

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Least Concern

Occurrence: Frequent (18.2% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Several (5 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland