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Paracaristius maderensis  (Maul, 1949)

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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Caristiidae (Manefishes)
Etymology: Paracaristius: Name from the Greek 'para' meaning around or near and Caristius..

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 2000 m (Ref. 10794).   Tropical, preferred ?; 36°N - 32°S (Ref. 87954)

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North Atlantic. Western Pacific (Kyushu-Palau Ridge) and southern Indian Ocean.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6745)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 29-31; Anal soft rays: 18 - 19; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. This species is distinguished from P. nemorosus and P. aquilus by the absence of fingerlike papillae along the dorsal margin of the hyoid arch and at the interhyal-posterior ceratohyal articulation, as well as fewer dorsal-fin rays (29-31 vs. 30-33 in P. nemorosus and P. aquilus) and more anal-fin rays (18-19 versus 15-18 in P. nemorosus and P. aquilus); differs from P. nudarcus by the position of the dorsal-fin origin, which is posterior to the orbit in this species (vs. above orbit in P. nudarcus) and by the having multiple rows of jaw teeth (vs. a single row, except near symphyses) (Ref. 87954).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A rare species in the warmer parts of the Atlantic (Ref. 41536).

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Stevenson, D.E. and C.P. Kenaley, 2011. Revision of the manefish genus Paracaristius (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia 2011(3):385-399 (Ref. 87954)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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