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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Tubbataha Reefs (Ref. 53416).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1985
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Apsilinae
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Common names from other countries

Smallscale snapper, Blue snapper, Fusilier snapper, ... more

Main reference

Anderson, W.D. Jr. and G.R. Allen. 2001. (Ref. 9821)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 48.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710); common length : 27.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37816)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 200 m (Ref. 9821), usually ? - 100 m (Ref. 9710)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 32°N - 30°S, 32°E - 165°W

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Marquesas and Pitcairn, north to the Ryukyu Islands.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8.

Adults are found over rocky bottoms often in schools. They feed on plankton (Ref. 9710, 48635). Usually marketed fresh.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5039 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
2.8 ±0.31 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Paracaesio sordida Abe & Shinohara, 1962