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Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Chelidoperca: Greek, chelidon, -onos = swift, as black as a swift + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335); cerasina: Name from 'cerasina' meaning 'cherry', referring to the entirely pinkish body in relatively small fresh specimens and the characteristic reddish spots on the pectoral- and caudal-fn bases.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 245 - 338 m (Ref. 123211). Tropical
Southwest Pacific: Giford Guyot Seamount (east of Australia) and New Caledonia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123211)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: pectoral-fin rays 14-15 (modally 15); pored lateral-line scales 43-45 (44); scale rows in longitudinal series 43-46 (45); scale rows above lateral line 4 and between lateral line and base of 6th dorsal-fin spine 4; cheek scale rows 8-9 (8); posttemporal serrae 1-3 (2); preopercular serrae 14-39 (26); interopercular serrae 4-11 (8); subopercular serrae 6-17 (12); interorbital scales reaching the mid-orbit level but not extending beyond anterior margin of orbit; scales on ventral surface of lower jaw restricted to angular, none on dentary; tip of caudal fin upper lobe elongated and slightly longer than lower lobe in specimens >ca. 10.0 cm; relatively long dorsal-fin spines, length of first spine 5.6-7.4 (mean 6.7)% of SL, second 8.6-10.9 (10.1)% of SL;
anal-fin spines and soft rays relatively short, length of first spine 3.7-5.3 (4.6)% of SL, second 5.5-6.9 (6.3)% of SL, penultimate soft ray 13.7-16.4 (14.9)% of SL, longest soft ray 13.9-16.4 (15.1)% of SL; caudal-fin length 22.9-32.9 (28.3)% of SL; relatively broad inter-opercular spine, its width 5.2-6.6 (5.8)% of SL; pelvic fin short, the tip not reaching anus when adpressed; antrorse canine teeth in upper jaw, an outer row of enlarged dorsally directed canines in lower jaw. Colouration: side of body without black bands nor blotches; an orange spot on pectoral- and caudal-fin bases (Ref. 123211).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ogino, A., S.H. Lee, W.J. Chen and M. Matsunuma, 2020. Chelidoperca cerasina sp. nov., a new perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the southwest Pacific Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 67(1):117-132. (Ref. 123211)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00511 - 0.02246), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
