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Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Terapontidae (Grunters or tigerperches)
Etymology: prolixa: Name 'prolixa' from the Latin word meaning 'stretched out', in reference to the fish’s distinctly slender body and its fourth dorsal-fin spine, which is clearly longer than the third spine.
Etymology: prolixa: Name 'prolixa' from the Latin word meaning 'stretched out', in reference to the fish’s distinctly slender body and its fourth dorsal-fin spine, which is clearly longer than the third spine.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
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Western Indian Ocean: Saudi Arabia.
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Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body slender, SL 3.6?3.7 times body depth; second body stripe dipping well below lateral line beneath base of spinous dorsal fin; fourth dorsal-fin spine 1.2?1.3 times longer than third; anterior portion of nape, chest region and bases of pectoral fins all covered with cycloid scales; tip of adpressed pelvic fin extending well beyond midpoint of origins of pelvic and anal fins; distance from eye margin to angle of peropercle 3.0?3.2 in HL; anal-fin base 2.0 in HL; suborbital width 9.1?10.0 in HL; and 4 blackish yellow stripes on caudal fin (Ref. 138806).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Ho, H.-C., Y.-J. Lin and H.-H. Hsu, 2026. A new species of Terapon from shallow waters of the Red Sea coast off Saudi Arabia (Centrarchiformes, Terapontidae). J. Fish. Soc. Taiwan 53(2):1-10. (Ref. 138806)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01230 (0.00556 - 0.02722), b=3.04 (2.85 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |