Classification / Names
Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Issue
Ref. 2334 explains the use of current genus name.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 0 - 18 m (Ref. 30874), usually 1 - 15 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 36°N - 29°S, 91°E - 155°W
Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line Islands, north to the Yaeyama Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji and Samoa. Replaced by Pseudanthias ignitus in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 37816).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2334)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 16 - 18; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 7 - 8. Male displays a bright red dorsal fin. Ventral fins greatly extended. Female orange with yellowish tail and a pink line from the tip of the snout angling down, passing through the lower part of the eye (Ref. 48635).
Found at the upper-edge of steep outer reef slopes (Ref. 9710), with moderate currents (Ref. 48635). Occurs in large aggregations (Ref. 37816), of mixed sexes when feeding in currents sweeping the reef (Ref. 48635). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Gill, A.C., 2022. Revised definitions of the anthiadine fish genera Mirolabrichthys Herre and Nemanthias Smith, with description of a new genus (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 5092(1):041-066. (Ref. 127988)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
Outils
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