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Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Apsilinae
Etymology: Paracaesio: Greek, para = the side of + Latin, caesium = bluish grey (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 400 - ? m (Ref. 9965). Deep-water; 7°N - 10°S
Western Central Pacific: known only from the type specimens, one collected off Ponape [=Pohnpei], Caroline Islands and the other in Basilisk Passage, off Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9965)
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Several prominent exserted canine teeth at anterior ends of upper and lower jaws; longest tooth in upper jaw 9.9-11.6 % in snout length, 6.3-8.7 % in postorbital head length; longest tooth in lower jaw 9.2-10.2 % in snout length, 6.5-6.9 % in postorbital head length; lateral line with 69 or 70 tubed scales; caudal fin deeply forked.
Known depth of capture is 200 m from Basilisk Passage, Papua New Guinea.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Anderson, W.D. Jr., P.J. Kailola and B.B. Collette, 1992. Two new snappers (Teleostei: Lutjanidae: Apsilinae): Paracaesio paragrapsimodon Anderson and Kailola from the western Pacific and P. waltervadi Anderson and Collette from the western Indian Ocean. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 105(3):443-461. (Ref. 9965)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00582 - 0.02724), b=3.05 (2.86 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).