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Kentrocapros flavimaculatus Matsuura, 2023

Yellow-spotted boxfish
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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Aracanidae (Deepwater boxfishes)
Etymology: Kentrocapros: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, kapros = goat (Ref. 45335); flavimaculatus: Name from Latin 'flavimaculatus', 'flavi' for yellow and 'macula' for spot, referring to the many yellow spots on the body.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 144 - 172 m (Ref. 131241). Subtropical

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Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 131241)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Radios blandos anales: 9. This species is distinguished by the following: lateral sides of the body with many yellow spots; a distinct spine on the middle of each dorsolateral ridge of the carapace; without spines on the lateral and ventrolateral ridges of the carapace; gill opening located below the posterior half of the eye (Ref. 131241).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Matsuura, K., 2023. A new boxfish of the genus Kentrocapros collected from New Zealand (Acanthopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Aracanidae). Bull. Nat' Mus.Nat.Sci., Series A 49(4):191-196. (Ref. 131241)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).