Pyronotanthias bimarginatus, Margined anthias

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Pyronotanthias bimarginatus (Randall, 2011)

Margined anthias
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: bimarginatus: Named for its conspicuous colour feature, the broad, lavender-blue, upper and lower margins of the caudal fin..
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 35 - 65 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Maldives and Indonesia

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D X,16; A III, 7; pectoral-fin rays 16-17 (usually 17); lateral-line scales 42-43; gill rakers 10-11 + 22-24; body depth 3.0-3.3 in SL; head length 2.9-3.1 in SL; papillae on posterior edge of orbit; no serrae on edge of subopercle nor on interopercle; snout length 3.75-4.45 in HL; front of upper lip thickened and moderately protuberant; bony interorbital width 3.45-3.75 in HL; 4th to 10th dorsal spines subequal, 2.15-2.8 in HL; caudal fin lunate, 2.4-2.55 in SL; color of males lavender-pink, the head yellow dorsally with narrow magenta bands, caudal fin red with broad, upper and lower lavender-blue margins; color of females mainly yellow with flecks of magenta, the head with the same magenta bands as male, and fins mainly yellow with a narrow magenta margin (Ref. 86964).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Forms schools and found in outer slopes in 35-65 m (Ref 90102).

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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)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.5 - 27.8, mean 25.9 °C (based on 21 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).