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Cociella heemstrai
Cociella heemstrai is a species of demersal, marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. It is found in the western Indian Ocean off eastern Africa and Madagascar. Little is known about its biology but it is caught by fisheries.
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Description
Cociella heemstrai is one of the species of Cociella which has 12 soft rays in the first dorsal fin and in the anal fin and have between 9 and 11 gill rakers on the first gill arch. There is a vivid yellow bar in the centre of the caudal fin, dark bands over the back and 4 or 5 paired white spots on the upper body. This species reaches a maximum size of 17.1 cm (6.7 in).
Range & habitat
Cociella heemstrai is found in the western Indian Ocean from Kenya in the north south to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal as well as being found in Madagascar. This is a demersal fish which can be found down to depths of 280 m (920 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The specific name honours the American-South African ichthyologist Philip C. Heemstra of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity in recognition of his assistance to Knapp's studies of flatheads.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 619294.