FB-65647 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65647 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Alepocephaliformes Alepocephalidae Conocara Conocara paxtoni Sazonov, Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009 Filamentous anthiine Filamentous seaperch Lyretail seaperch Purple queen Threadfin Anthias Holanthias chrysostictus (non Günther, 1872) 2010-08-06 2016-01-13 Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra0 Meganthias filiferus, a new species of anthine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Res. Bull., 68: 5-9. (Ref. 84847) Akhilesh, K.V., N.G.K. Pillai, U. Ganga, K.K. Bineesh, C.P.R. Shanis and H. Manjebrayakath0 First record of the anthiine fish, Meganthias filiferus (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Indian waters. Marine Biodiversity Records 2:1-2.Marine Biodiversity Records, page 1 of 2. # (Ref. 86260) FB-DiagnosticDescr-65656 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-08-10 00:00:00 2010-08-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65656 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D X,18; A III,8; pectoral rays 17; lateral-line scales 44; gill rakers 12 + 25; body depth 2.05 in SL; head length 2.5 in SL; orbit diameter 4.5 in HL; with accessory scales, dense on head and nape; scales dorsally on snout extending forward to upper lip; small scales cover mandible; rugose lips from dense papillae, enlarged on front of lower lip; maxilla nearly reaching a vertical at rear edge of eye, its posterior end and corners slightly rounded; each side at front of upper jaw with 6 short and stout conical teeth, projecting slightly upward and fully exposed when mouth closed (along with most of the villiform teeth); no teeth on tongue; preopercle corner strongly angular, no spine, upper margin finely serrate, while the lower one is crenulate; dorsal spines progressively longer, the tenth 3.2 in HL; second and third dorsal soft rays prolonged as a very long filament, ray length 1.5 in SL; lunate caudal fin with extremely long filamentous lobes, fin length 1.1 in SL; third anal spine longer than second, 2.95 in HL; preserved color in alcohol pale yellowish with black edges on the last 6 interspinous membranes of dorsal fin, when fresh, pink and yellow (Ref. 84847). Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 Meganthias filiferus, a new species of anthine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Res. Bull., 68: 5-9. (Ref. 84847) FB-Morphology-65656 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-08-10 00:00:00 2010-08-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65656 Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 Meganthias filiferus, a new species of anthine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Res. Bull., 68: 5-9. (Ref. 84847) FB-Distribution-65656 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-08-10 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65656 Indian Ocean: Thailand (Andaman Sea) (Ref. 84847) and SW coast of India (Arabian Sea (Ref. 86260). Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 Meganthias filiferus, a new species of anthine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Res. Bull., 68: 5-9. (Ref. 84847) FB-Size-65656 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-08-10 00:00:00 2010-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65656 29.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 84847)) Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 Meganthias filiferus, a new species of anthine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Res. Bull., 68: 5-9. (Ref. 84847) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-65656 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-08-10 00:00:00 2010-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65656 pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range ? - 150 m (Ref. 84847) Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2008 Meganthias filiferus, a new species of anthine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Andaman Sea off southwestern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Res. Bull., 68: 5-9. (Ref. 84847)