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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > 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..
More on authors: Lubbock & Randall.

Issue
Ref. 2334 explains the current genus name.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 7 - 70 m (Ref. 9710), usually 18 - 70 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115); 19°N - 22°S

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Indo-Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island (Ref. 30874) and Rowley Shoals in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Tuamoto Islands, north to Japan, south to the northern Great Barrier Reef and Loyalty Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334); common length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9137)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Young and females with series of red blotches over the back below the soft part of the dorsal fin, followed by a red streak onto the tail (Ref. 48635).

Usually in small groups on drop-offs from 30 to 60 m or in the vicinity of caves or ledges of steep outer reef slopes. Feeds on crustacean larvae and fish eggs (Ref. 89972).

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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)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2015

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.3 - 29, mean 27.6 °C (based on 474 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.

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).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 100 [54, 196] mg/100g; Iron = 0.882 [0.478, 1.524] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.178 [0.107, 0.293] g/100g; Selenium = 28.2 [15.8, 55.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 204 [70, 663] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.6 [1.1, 2.3] mg/100g (wet weight);

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