Lythrichthys grahami, Graham’s red deepwater scorpionfsh

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Lythrichthys grahami Wada, Kai & Motomura, 2021

Graham’s red deepwater scorpionfsh
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Setarchidae (Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes)
Etymology: grahami: Named for Mr. Alastair Graham (CSIRO), Australian National Fish Collection..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 690 - 700 m (Ref. 123746). Subtropical

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Western Pacific: Australia and Fiji.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123746)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: scale rows between 6th dorsal-fin spine and lateral line 8-11 (usually 9); scale rows between last dorsal-fin spine and lateral line 10-12 (11); middle postorbital scale rows 3 or 4 (3); caudal-peduncle depth 7.6-8.7% (moderately 8.1%) of SL; interorbital width at vertical midline of eye 23.3-27.0% (25.2%) of HL; maxillary depth 13.3-15.5% (14.2%) of HL; lower opercular spine length 30.6-33.5% (31.9%) of HL; dorsal margin of interorbital space is slightly raised; with nasal and parietal spines; no supraocular spine; second lacrimal spine directed posteroventrally; tip of lower opercular spine beyond posterior margin of opercle (sometimes just short of margin in specimens up to ca. 8.0 cm SL); jaws with short, dense conical teeth; premaxillary teeth in 3-6 irregular rows, ca. 200 teeth in total. Colouration: body base color cardinal- to blackish-red when fresh; caudal fin uniformly pale in preserved specimens; oral surface uniformly grey (uniformly pale in specimens to ca. 10.0 cm SL) (Ref. 123746).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Wada, H., Y. Kai and H. Motomura, 2021. Revision of the resurrected deep-water scorpionfish genus Lythrichthys Jordan and Starks 1904 (Setarchidae), with description of two new species. Ichthyol. Res. 68(3):373-403. First published online, pp. 1-31, 19 Feb. 2021. Volume, issue and pages added 3 July 2021.] (Ref. 123746)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00417 - 0.02629), b=3.04 (2.82 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).