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Etymology: Parachaeturichthys: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, oura = tail + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Marine; demersal; tropical.

Indo-West Pacific: south to Natal, South Africa; India (Ref. 4833) and Japan (Ref. 559).

Max length: 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 2798).

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Body greenish; fins dark; upper caudal fin base with a large black spot surrounded by yellow (Ref. 2798).

Parachaeturichthys spp. Inhabit deep water (Ref. 42915). Rarely enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Captured by trawls over mud bottom (Ref. 11441). Found to contain tetrodotoxin (TTX) and anhydrotetrodotoxin (anh-TTX) which causes paralytic food poisoning (Ref. 54777).

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: June 25 2018

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 54777)

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.4 - 28.1, mean 26.5 °C (based on 338 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.75 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00530 - 0.01498), b=2.93 (2.78 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Iron = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Protein = 0 [0, 0] %; Omega3 = 0 [0, 0] g/100g; Selenium = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g (wet weight);