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> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > 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 Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 95 m (Ref. 81822). Tropical

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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 / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 3 - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 27771)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 16 - 17; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 7; Vertebre: 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.

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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)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 July 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.2 - 25.4, mean 23.8 °C (based on 7 cells).

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

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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