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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Luzonichthys: Taken from Luzon, an island in Philippines + greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); taeniatus: From the Greek word 'taenia' meaning ribbon, referring to the color pattern of orange and yellow stripes anterior on the body..
More on authors: Randall & McCosker.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 40 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Banda Sea, Indonesia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Red with orange bands along the back. Two dark areas on caudal peduncle that show as black spots underwater (Ref. 48635).

Collected from steep outer reef areas. Forms aggregations with individuals of L. waitei. Inhabits steep outer reefs in 20-40 m (Ref 90102).

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Randall, J.E. and J.E. McCosker, 1992. Revision of the fish genus Luzonichthys (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae), with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (21):21 p. (Ref. 8524)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 June 2022

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 28 - 28.5, mean 28.3 °C (based on 9 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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).

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