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Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Anthias: Greek, anthias, oy = a fish (Sparus aurata) (Ref. 45335); woodsi: Named for Loren P. Woods, who provided specimens for the studies of the American Anthiinae.
Eponymy: Loren P Woods (1914–1979) was Curator, Department of Ichthyology (1941–1978), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, where he worked (1938–1978), broken only by service in WW2 in the US Navy (1943–1946). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 256 - 421 m (Ref. 34841). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Off Dry Tortugas, Florida, USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34841)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Anderson, W.D. Jr. and P.C. Heemstra, 1980. Two new species of Western Atlantic Anthias (Pisces: Serranidae), redescription of A. asperilinguis and review of Holanthias martinicensis. Copeia 1980(1):72-87. (Ref. 34841)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01413 (0.00627 - 0.03183), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |