Pempheris ufuagari, Crown sweeper

Pempheris ufuagari Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2013

Crown sweeper
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Pempheridae (Sweepers)
Etymology: Pempheris: Greek, pempheris = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335); ufuagari: Name from coming from the traditional Okinawan dialect meaning ''eastern end''. The type locality Minami Daito Island was called 'Ufuagari-jima' (jima means island) by the Okinawan people before 1885 when the Meiji government of Japan first landed.

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Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 2 - 5 m (Ref. 92923). Temperate

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Northwest Pacific: Japan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 92923)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 39 - 43; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: scale rows above lateral line 6 1/2-7 1/2 (usually 7 1/2); pored lateral-line scales 62-71; scales are weakly ctenoid, thin, semicircular in shape, far wider than long, and deciduous; convex snout outline in anterior part of orbit; tip of dorsal fin broadly black, the rest is bright yellow; base of anal fin blackish; distinct blackish band on outer margin; posterior margin of caudal fin blackish, the rest bright yellow; distinct blackish spot on pectoral-fin base; absence of villiform tooth band extending outside lips on the upper and lower jaws (Ref. 92923).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Apparently occurs in underwater caves or crevasses in coral reef areas during the day, but found in open water at night (Ref.92923).

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Koeda, K., T. Yoshino and K. Tachihara, 2013. Pempheris ufuagari sp. nov., a new species in the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) from the oceanic islands of Japan. Zootaxa 3609(2):231-238. (Ref. 92923)

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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