| Family: |
Caristiidae (Manefishes) |
| Max. size: |
22.3 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 1 - 1800 m |
| Distribution: |
Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Ocean: specimens were collected from the eastern and western Pacific Ocean, as well as the southern Indian and tropical Atlantic oceans. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-31; Anal soft rays: 17-20; Vertebrae: 33-37. This species is distinguished from P. nemorosus and P. aquilus by the absence of fingerlike papillae along the dorsal margin of the hyoid arch and at the interhyal-posterior ceratohyal articulation and by having fewer dorsal-fin rays, 27-31 (vs. 30-33 in P. nemorosus and P. aquilus); has more anal-fin rays, 17-20 (vs. 15-18); differs from P. maderensis by the position of the dorsal-fin origin which is above orbit (vs. posterior to orbit in P. maderensis), single row arrangement of the jaw teeth except near symphyses (vs. multiple rows in P. maderensis) (Ref. 87954). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 15 July 2014 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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