Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: widely distributed; but has only been collected from the southern part of the Red Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95675)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 38 - 41; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: 52-59 pored lateral-line scales; 5.5 scale rows above lateral line; 16 circumpeduncular scales; blackish spot on pectoral fin base absent; only the tip of dorsal fin is usually blackish; usually chest is keeled, but sometimes only weakly or not at all; small eye with diameter 11.6-12.8% SL, 39.4-42.3% HL; very deep body 46.1-53.4% SL (Ref. 95675).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Koeda, K., T. Yoshino, H. Imai and K. Tachinara, 2014. A review of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3793(3):301-330. (Ref. 95675)
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 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.00591 - 0.03225), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 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 (10 of 100).
