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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 / djupintervall / distribution range					
						Ekologi					
				
				
				
					marina bottenlevande; ej vandrande;  djupintervall 7 - 17 m (Ref. 559). Temperate				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Northwest Pacific:  Japan and Taiwan.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Vikt / Age
				
				
				
					Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 12.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9137); 8.0 cm  (female)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri					
				
				
				
					Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 9; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 12; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 3; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 12. 
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Lives around boulders on sandy bottom with heavy growth of algae.			
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver				
				
				
				
				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 Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				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).
					
					Trofisk nivå  (Ref. 
69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliens  (Ref. 
120179):  Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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