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Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudoplesiopinae
Etymology: Pseudoplesiops: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, plesios = near (Ref. 45335); wassi: Named for R.C. Wass, who first reported on the species, in recognition of his important contribution to our knowledge of South-West Pacfic fishes (Ref. 50540).
Eponymy: Dr Richard Charles Wass (d: 1942) was the fisheries officer of the US Fish & Wildlife Service who collected many fishes in American Samoa in the 1970s and early 1980s. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Gill & Edwards.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 60 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Pacific Ocean: Micronesia and Australia to American Samoa.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 50540)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 27 - 29; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 18. Caudal fin rounded or truncate to slightly emarginate (Ref. 50540).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Found in rock and coral reef habitats, including surge channels, reef slopes and drop-offs (Ref. 50540). Cryptic and seldom seen (Ref 90102).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Gill, A.C. and A.J. Edwards, 2003. Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudopleiopinae) from the West Pacific. Zootaxa 291:1-7. (Ref. 50540)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00447 (0.00174 - 0.01147), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 335 [153, 755] mg/100g; Iron = 1.34 [0.65, 2.58] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.9, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.134 [0.059, 0.309] g/100g; Selenium = 33.4 [11.2, 90.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 149 [38, 568] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.26 [1.89, 5.15] mg/100g (wet weight); |