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Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Plectranthias: Greek, plektron = anyhting to strike with, spur + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Randall & Shimizu.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 50 - 95 m (Ref. 81822). Tropical
Distribución
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Indian Ocean, from Mauritius and South Africa (northern KwaZulu-Natal), and probably also off Madagascar and Mozambique at comparable depths.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 3 - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27771)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 16 - 17; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 7; Vértebra: 26. Unique among the others in having three ventrally-directed to antrorse spines on the ventral margin of the preopercle.
Rests on the bottom with gravel and small round corals; usually in pairs.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Randall, J.E. and T. Shimizu, 1994. Plectranthias pelicieri, a new anthiine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Mauritius, with notes on P. gardineri. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 41(2):109-115. (Ref. 10670)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 22.2 - 25.4, mean 23.8 °C (based on 7 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).