Doederleinia berycoides (Hilgendorf, 1879)
Blackthroat seaperch
Doederleinia berycoides
photo by CSIRO

 Family:  Acropomatidae (Lanternbellies, temperate ocean-basses)
 Max. size:  40 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal; depth range 100 - 600 m
 Distribution:  Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific: NW Japan to NW Australia.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 6-8. Body red above, ventrally white. Scales large, deciduous. Inside of mouth cavity black.
 Biology:  Feed on large crustaceans and mollusks. Utilized for human consumption (Ref. 637).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:  Type locality, off Corregidor Light, South China Sea, s. Luzon Island, USNM 99519 (holotype of Rhomboserranus gracilispinis. 6.16 cm SL) (Ref. 76993).

 Entered by: Luna, Susan M. - 19.08.91
 Modified by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 17.04.15
 Checked by: Binohlan, Crispina B. - 24.08.94

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