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Notolabrus celidotus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Spotty
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Pakirikiri, Spotty
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Russell, B.C., 1988
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from the Northeast North Island to Stewart Island except Northwest South Island (Ref. 45524). Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Museum: MNHN A.7176. Stewart I., NMNZ 5631. Cape Saunders, AMS I.19672-002. Portobello, AMS I.14764. Oamaru, CMC 960. Queen Charlotte Sound, NMNZ 6554. Lyall Bay, Wellington, NMNZ 1090. Pitt Head, Tasman Bay, NMNZ 4909. Otaki, NMNZ 5512. Lottin Point, NMNZ 3234. Mayor I., NMNZ 4111. Goat I., Leigh, AMS I.18281-001. Poor Knights Is., AMS I.19279-002. Orokawa Bay, Bay of Islands, NMNZ 6119. Putahataha I., Deepwater Cove, NMNZ 6104. Whangaroa Harbour, NMNZ 6094. Cavalli I., NMNZ 1370 (Ref. 26203). Also Ref. 5755.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Russell, B.C., 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Notolabrus: Greek, noton = back + Greek, labros = voracious (Ref. 45335);  celidotus: Specific epithet, Greek word 'kelidos' meaning stain or spot, 'otos' meaning ear, referring to the dark markings behind the ears..
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 22 - 145 m (Ref. 58489).   Temperate

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Southwest Pacific: New Zealand, including Stewart Island, but not recorded from Snares Islands, Clatham Islands, nor the Three Kings Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26203); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 31614)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow water, but may reach to depths of 145 m (Ref. 26203). Feeds on small benthic organisms. Uses its forward-jutting front teeth to rake food from the substrate (Ref. 26966).

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Pelagic spawner. Also Ref. 27221.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Westneat, Mark | Collaborators

Russell, B.C., 1988. Revision of the labrid fish genus Pseudolabrus and allied genera. Rec. Aust. Mus. (Suppl. 9):1-72. (Ref. 26203)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 June 2008

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 18, mean 14.3 (based on 49 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00466 - 0.01353), b=3.07 (2.93 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=7; k >0.30).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (19 of 100).