Classification / Names
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) >
Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Pyronotanthias: Name from Greek πυρ, fire, νοτος, back, and Anthias. It ; referring to the characteristic red blotches or
stripes on the upper caudal peduncle and beneath the posterior part of the dorsal fin of the included species.
is masculine.
Eponymy: Dr William Farr ‘Bill’ Smith-Vaniz (d: 1941) is a Research Associate of the Florida Museum of Natural History, researching into the diversity and evolutionary relationships of fishes. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Randall & Lubbock.
Issue
Ref. 2334 explains the current genus name.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 6 - 110 m (Ref. 9710), usually 6 - 70 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115); 19°N - 24°S
Indo-Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands, north to Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef; Palau and southern Marshall Islands in Micronesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)
Large aggregations occur on steep outer reef slopes and drop-offs (Ref. 4538, 48635). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Gill, A.C., 2022. Revised definitions of the anthiadine fish genera Mirolabrichthys Herre and Nemanthias Smith, with description of a new genus (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 5092(1):041-066. (Ref. 127988)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.2 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 402 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00618 - 0.02945), b=3.00 (2.81 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
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).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 120 [63, 243] mg/100g; Iron = 0.962 [0.522, 1.708] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [16.1, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.182 [0.106, 0.307] g/100g; Selenium = 28.6 [15.4, 57.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 213 [72, 688] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.63] mg/100g (wet weight);
