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Malakichthyidae (Temperate ocean-basses)
Etymology: pacificus: Named for its distribution in the Pacific Ocean.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 60 - 500 m (Ref. 37257). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and off Samoa Is., Fiji, Tuvalu and New Caledonia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: lower jaw with a row of conical teeth posterior to a canine tooth near symphysis; absence of basioccipital fossa; proximal-middle radial of first anal-fin pterygiophore with no concavity on anterior surface; pectoral-fin rays 15; first gill arch with 14-15 gill rakers on lower arm; lateral-line scales 49-51 (Ref. 123567).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Apparently occurs on rocky slopes of islands and seamounts (Ref. 37257).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Yamanoue, Y., 2016. Revision of the genus Verilus (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) with a description of a new species. J. Fish Biol., 89(5):2375-2398. (Ref. 123567)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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