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Chelidoperca microdon Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019

Small-toothed perchlet
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Chelidoperca: Greek, chelidon, -onos = swift, as black as a swift + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335);  microdon: Name from Latin meaning small-toothed, referring to its lack of enlarged canines on both jaws..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 260 - 305 m (Ref. 123218). Deep-water

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

West Central Pacific: New Caledonia (Chesterfield I.).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123218)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: pored lateral line scale rows 42; (dorsal-most scale full-sized) scale rows between lateral line and middle of spinous dorsal fin base 3; absence of scale rows on ventral side of dentary; interorbital scales are mostly cycloid, beyond the level of anterior pupil rim, but not reaching the anterior orbit rim; the 5 rectangular dark blotches at or slightly above the lateral line are usually retained; 2 dark blotches on tip of lower jaw (Ref, 123218).p Along the COI gene, the following apomorphic sites have unique nucleotides shared by the two specimens of C. microdon examined so and these nucleotide sites so far can be used for the diagnosis of the species to other congeners (Ref. 123218).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This rare and deep-water species occurs on the continental shelf (Ref. 123218).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators

Lee, S.H., M.Y. Lee, M. Matsunuma and W.-J. Chen, 2019. Exploring the phylogeny and species diversity of Chelidoperca (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the western Pacific Ocean by an integrated approach in systematics, with descriptions of three new species and a redescription of C. lecromi Fourmanoir, 1982. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6(465):1-27. (Ref. 123218)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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