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Caesioperca lepidoptera (Forster, 1801)
Butterfly perch
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Caesioperca: Latin, caesius, bluish-grey, 1835 + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forster.
Etymology: Caesioperca: Latin, caesius, bluish-grey, 1835 + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forster.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 140 m (Ref. 9563). Temperate
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Often confused with Caesioperca rasor.
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Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
A schooling species found over rocky reefs (Ref. 9563). Forms large aggregates in deeper water where it feeds mostly in the lower part of the water column. Usually occurs in areas which are exposed to continual strong tidal water movement (Ref. 26966).
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May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986. Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p. (Ref. 9563)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Fisheries: commercial
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