Classification / Names
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Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Pyronotanthias: Name from Greek πυρ, fire, νοτος, back, and Anthias. It ; referring to the characteristic red blotches or
stripes on the upper caudal peduncle and beneath the posterior part of the dorsal fin of the included species.
is masculine.; timanoa: Name is a euphonious amalgamation of the second author’s three children’s names: Timothée, Maëlle, and Noa; noun in apposition..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 100 m (Ref. 123055). Tropical
Western Pacific, New Caledonia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123055)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D X,15-16 (most 16), the third spine greatly elongated in mature males, up to about 1.5 times head length, 2.2 in SL, up to three times length of next spines; A III,7; pectoral-fin rays 18-19 (most 19); caudal fin deeply lunate with filamentous tips in mature males (eroded away in aquarium specimens), maximum caudal concavity 3.1 in SL in intact paratype; elongated body with body depth 3.4 (3.2-4.0) in SL. Colouration: head and body reddish pink with 7 red-orange bars along upper body followed by a deeper-red, saddle-like rectangle on caudal peduncle (Ref. 123055).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [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).
