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Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)

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Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAetiasis cantharoides Barnard, 1937
synonymApsilus xanthurus (Bleeker, 1869)
synonymCaesio xanthurus Bleeker, 1869
synonymParacaesio pedleyi McCulloch & Waite, 1916
synonymParacaesio xanthurus (Bleeker, 1869)
synonymParaceasio xanthurus (Bleeker, 1869)
synonymVegetichthys tumidus Tanaka, 1917
🗒 Common Names
No Data
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Marine
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
Contributors 
Thomas Vattakaven
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    Description
    Eye large; snout short, about equal to, or shorter than eye diameter. Interorbital space convex. Maxilla with or without scales. Scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Pectoral fins long, reaching level of anus. Overall color is blue, sometimes whitish on belly and lower part of the head. A broad bright yellow stripe on the upper back extending from the forehead to the base of the caudal fin. The dorsal and caudal fins yellow, the other fins whitish or translucent.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Size
    Max Length

    50 TL (unsexed) 

    Size

    50.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Anderson, W.D., Jr. 1986 Lutjanidae. (Genus Lutjanus by G.R. Allen). p. 572-579. In: M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths" sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
    Trophic Strategy
    Occurs over rocky bottoms, sometimes forming large schools. Feeds largely on zooplankton .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    No Data
    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 5 - 150 m
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Anderson, W.D. Jr. and G.R. Allen 2001 Lutjanidae. Jobfishes. p. 2840-2918. In: K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO, Rome.
    Description
    Remark

    Found in coastal water

    Occurrence

    native 

    Distribution

    Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Austral Islands, north to southern Japan, south to southeastern Australia. Paracaesio xanthura, a complex of variable populations, may compose a single or two (or more) species. Paracaesio pedleyi, from Lord Howe Island, Middleton Reef, and eastern Australian waters, is included here with some reservation .

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    No Data
    📚 Occurrence
    No Data
    📚 Demography and Conservation
    Conservation Status
    Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    No Data
    📚 Uses and Management
    Uses
    fisheries: commercial
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=194, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p.
    No Data
    📚 Information Listing
    References
    Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    Overview > Diagnostic > Description
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    Natural History > Size
    1. Anderson, W.D., Jr. 1986 Lutjanidae. (Genus Lutjanus by G.R. Allen). p. 572-579. In: M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths" sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
    Natural History > Trophic Strategy
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
    1. Anderson, W.D. Jr. and G.R. Allen 2001 Lutjanidae. Jobfishes. p. 2840-2918. In: K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO, Rome.
    Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
    1. Allen, G.R. 1985 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p.
    Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    Uses and Management > Uses
    1. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p.
    No Data
    📚 Meta data
    No Data
    🐾 Taxonomy
    RootRoot
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassActinopterygii
    OrderPerciformes
    FamilyLutjanidae
    GenusParacaesio
    SpeciesParacaesio xanthura (Bleeker 1869)
    📊 Temporal Distribution
    📷 Related Observations
    👥 Groups
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