Tosana niwae, Threadtail anthias

Tosana niwae Smith & Pope, 1906

Threadtail anthias
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Eponymy: H Niwa was the Director of the Fishery Experiment Station of Kōchi Prefecture at Susaki, Shikoku, Japan. A number of the fish that the authors described were collected from the experimental station thanks to its Director. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Smith & Pope.

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

Marine; demersal. Subtropical

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Western Pacific: southern Japan to the South China Sea.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

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This species has the following characters: scales below lateral line to anal fin origin 12-16; upper jaw length 13.2-14.6% SL; pectoral fin short 22.3-27.7% SL. Lengths in SL 6.85-12.78 cm (Ref. 127477).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Caught in fairly deep water. Found in sandy-muddy bottoms of coastal deep waters (Ref. 41299).

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Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, J.W. Johnson and Y.-K. Tea, 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1):049-082. (Ref. 127477)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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