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Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Paramonacanthus: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, monos = one + Greek, akantha ) thorn (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Graham Lowe of Bundaberg, Queensland, collected the holotype. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 0 - 78 m (Ref. 33065), usually 20 - 78 m (Ref. 33065). Tropical
Southwest Pacific: east coast of Australia from Lizard Island in north Queensland to Sydney Harbor in New South Wales. In addition, two specimens have been collected at the Chesterfield Reefs, about 900 km off the coast.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.9 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 33065)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 2; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 27 - 30; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 26 - 28; Vertèbres: 19. Dorsal profile of snout moderately to slightly convex in male, usually straight in female, without prominent hump just before nostrils; soft dorsal fin of male with second ray elongate and filamentous; no elongate rays in caudal fin; narrow whitish lines often along body; dark stripe on outer margin of anal fin in male, width equal to or greater than width of pupil.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Hutchins, J.B., 1997. Review of the monacanthid fish genus Paramonacanthus, with descriptions of three new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. No. 54:1-57. (Ref. 33065)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 24 - 27.7, mean 25.6 °C (based on 96 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00905 - 0.04012), b=2.93 (2.75 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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