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Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > 
Labridae (Wrasses) > Corinae						
							
							Etymology: Macropharyngodon: Greek, makros = great + Greek, pharyngx = pharynx + Greek,odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Jack Thomson Moyer (1929–2004) was an American marine biologist who lived for most of his life on Miyake-jima, Japan, where he became Director of the Tatsuo Tanaka Memorial Biological Station. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range					
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					seewasser demersal; standorttreu;  tiefenbereich 7 - 17 m (Ref. 559). Temperate				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Northwest Pacific:  Japan and Taiwan.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Gewicht / Alter
				
				
				
					Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 12.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9137); 8.0 cm  (female)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 9; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 12; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 12. 
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Lives around boulders on sandy bottom with heavy growth of algae.			
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven				
				
				
				
				Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Rote Liste Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Bedrohung für Menschen  
				
				
				
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				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 20.2 - 26.5, mean 22.7 °C (based on 147 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00466 - 0.02049), b=3.07 (2.90 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Widerstandsfähigkeit  (Ref. 
120179):  hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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