Odontanthias wassi

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Odontanthias wassi Randall & Heemstra, 2006

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Odontanthias: Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, anthis = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335);  wassi: Named for Richard C. Wass, who obtained the holotype..
More on authors: Randall & Heemstra.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 57080). Tropical

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Central Pacific: American Samoa.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.3 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D X,16; A III, 7; pectoral rays 17; lateral-line scales 42; gill rakers 14 + 31; body depth 2.35 in SL; head length (HL) 2.75 in SL; large eye, orbit diameter 3.15 in HL; at angle of preopercle a spine extending about half distance to margin of subopercle; arrowhead-shaped vomerine tooth patch; mesopterygoids with a patch of villiform teeth; dorsally on snout are small scales nearly reaching base of upper lip; anteriorly mandible scaled nearly to second mandibular pore; elongate third dorsal spine, 1.55 in HL; dorsal fin with no rays produced as filaments; third anal spine slightly longer than second, 1.95 HL; deeply emarginate caudal fin, the lobes tapering little and not pointed, fin length 2.55 in SL; pectoral fins 1.15 in HL, 3.2 in SL; pelvic fins are reaching base of third anal spine, 3.05 in SL; body color when fresh deep pink dorsally, paler ventrally, with a large yellow area on body above pectoral fin except large faint dusky patches below dorsal fin; head crossed by 4 faint yellow stripes; dorsal fin is mainly yellow basally, pink distally; caudal fin pink, a broad yellow band in each lobe, confluent basally in fin (Ref. 57080).

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Randall, J.E. and P.C. Heemstra, 2006. Review of the Indo-Pacific fishes of the genus Odontanthias (Serranidae: Anthiinae), with descriptions of two new species and a related genus. Indo-Pac. Fish. (38):32 p. (Ref. 57080)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans






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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).