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Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) >
Callanthiidae (Splendid perches)
Etymology: Grammatonotus: Greek, gramma, atos = signal, mark + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335); ambiortus: Name from Greek ambiortus meaning standing simultaneously at two sites that reflects the presence in it of characters of the genera Grammatonotus and Callanthias (Ref. 78438).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic. Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78438)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 24. This species possess the following characters: caudal peduncle with 17 main rays; no separate hypurale-5; eye large comparable to postorbital head length, 2.5 times lc; comparatively large teeth in jaws with multiserial teeth on praemaxillare (Ref. 78438).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Prokofiev, A.M., 2006. Grammatonotus ambiortus sp. nova: a new species of callanthiids (Perciformes) from the Western tropical Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 46(1):13-17. (Ref. 78438)
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=0.00977 (0.00387 - 0.02465), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).