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Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Chelidoperca: Greek, chelidon, -onos = swift, as black as a swift + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Albert Le Crom was in charge of the deep trawling carried out by the R/V ‘Vauban’, which caught the holotype in the îles Chesterfield, Coral Sea (1976–1986). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 300 m (Ref. 33595). Tropical
Western Pacific: New Caledonia (Chesterfield Islands).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33595)
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fourmanoir, P., 1982. Trois nouvelles espèces de Serranidae des Philippines et de la Mer du Corail Plectranthias maculatus, Plectranthias barroi, Chelidoperca lecromi. Cybium 6(4):57-64. (Ref. 33595)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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