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Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker, 1865

Mossback velvetfish
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> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Paraploactis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, aktis = ray, sting (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

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

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall ? - 20 m (Ref. 86942). Subtropical; 20°S - 36°S

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Indo-Pacific: endemic to Australia.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Snout with minute cirri; large patch on tip of snout across lachrymal bones about equal in size to those in smaller patch on nasal bone. Fleshy pad on isthmus with width about 1/4-1/3 of its length (Ref. 39602).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found inshore, in soft bottom.

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.8 - 25.7, mean 22.3 °C (based on 282 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).