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Etymology: pattiseery: Name 'pattiseery' in honor of the late Patti Seery, the designer and owner of R.V. Silolona, which was used to explore the islands and reefs of the East Indian region. A noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Professor Cornelius Jan van der Horst (1889–1951) was a Dutch zoologist who moved to South Africa (1928) and became Head of the Zoology Department, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 40 - 50 m (Ref. 138626). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Philippines and Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138626)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal rays VI + I,11, fourth dorsal spine slightly filamentous, reaching base of about fourth or fifth segmented dorsal ray when adpressed; anal rays I,11; pectoral rays 17; lateral scales 32; transverse scales 9; body scales mostly ctenoid, except cycloid scales anterior to level of about second dorsal-fin origin; scales absent on head, including medially and anteriorly on predorsal region; caudal fin lanceolate with short, median filament; and colour in life light blue with yellow-orange spots, dashes and vertical streaks on head, five prominent brown to blackish saddles on side of head and body, irregular, interrupted yellow-orange stripe on upper side, large dark brown spot at base of first dorsal fin, and scattered yellow-orange spots on upper back, and second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins (Ref. 138626).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2024. Appendix: Descriptions of twenty-four new species of reef fishes from the East Indian region. pp. 1270-1367. In Reef Fishes of the East Indies (2nd ed., Vol. 3). Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 138626)
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 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00741 (0.00346 - 0.01589), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |