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Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Colurodontis: Latin, color = colour + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); paxmani: Named for B. Paxman who was instrumental in obtaining many monacanthid specimens.
Eponymy: Barry Paxman, with his brother Frank, was a SCUBA diver. The filefish was “…named in grateful appreciation to Mr B. Paxman who was instrumental in obtaining many monacanthid specimens for the collections of the Western Australian Museum.” (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser demersal. Subtropical
Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific: Australia.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 35708)
Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 27 - 32; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 26 - 31; Wirbelzahl: 19. Diagnosis: All external teeth with truncate cutting edges. Anteriormost pair in each jaw extending across full width of mouth. Two vertical small tusk-like processes on internal surface of anteriormost pair of teeth in lower jaw. First dorsal spine originates over posterior half of eye, armed with 2 series of prominent downward-directed barbs on anterior face, much smaller and more numerous than those in postero-Iateral rows. Scales on body with 1 central spinule supported by a transverse ridge, those spinules on caudal peduncle of adult male moderately elongate, curving anteriorly. Pelvic bony structure movably articulated with pelvis (Ref. 35708).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Hutchins, J.B., 1977. Descriptions of three new genera and eight new species of monacanthid fishes from Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 5(1):3-58. (Ref. 35708)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01950 (0.00934 - 0.04069), b=2.93 (2.75 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
2.9 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |