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Latidae (Lates perches)
Etymology: Psammoperca: Greek, psammos = sand + Greek,perke = perch (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; reef-associated. Subtropical
Distribution
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Indo-West Pacific: Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124584)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is diistinguished from P. waigiensis by the following set of characters: whole of head and body dense black or brownish colour; pored lateral-line scales same colour of other scales of body, not yellow-edged like P. waigiensis, same dark colour persisting even in preserved specimens; pored lateral-line scales, 49-54; hind margin of maxilla reaching vertically beyond center of eye when mouth is closed; pelvic-fin spine slightly longer than 4th dorsal spine; circumpeduncular scales 25-26; shallower body depth, 23-30% (mean 28%) of SL; greater number of scale rows above and below lateral line 6½ / 11½-12½; gill rakers 7 (including 6 rudiments) + 1 + (12-14 (3-4 rudiments) = 20-24 (9-10 rudiments); last dorsal-fin spine / penultimate dorsal-fin spine 0.9-1.1 (Ref. 124584).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Iwatsuki, Y., S.J. Newman, F. Tanaka and B.C. Russell, 2018. Validity of Psammoperca datnioides Richardson 1848 and redescriptions of P. waigiensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828 and Hypopterus macropterus (Günther 1859) in the family Latidae (Perciformes) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4402(3):467-486. (Ref. 124584)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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=0.01047 (0.00491 - 0.02235), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).
