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Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Apsilinae
Etymology: Paracaesio: Greek, para = the side of + Latin, caesium = bluish grey (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 40 m (Ref. 9965). Subtropical; 32°S - 36°S, 43°E - 45°E (Ref. 57232)
Western Indian Ocean: known only from the type specimens collected at Walters Shoals (33°9'-16'S, 43°49'-56'E), 400 nm south of Madagascar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9965)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Lateral line with 69 or 70 tubed scales; scales present on maxilla; caudal fin lunate; color in life blue; jaws lacking exserted teeth anteriorly.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Anderson, W.D. Jr., P.J. Kailola and B.B. Collette, 1992. Two new snappers (Teleostei: Lutjanidae: Apsilinae): Paracaesio paragrapsimodon Anderson and Kailola from the western Pacific and P. waltervadi Anderson and Collette from the western Indian Ocean. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 105(3):443-461. (Ref. 9965)
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 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00582 - 0.02724), b=3.05 (2.86 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).