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Paracheilinus octotaenia Fourmanoir, 1955

Red Sea eightline flasher
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Paracheilinus: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; reef-associated, usually 5 - 45 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 29°N - 20°N

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

No dorsal soft rays prolonged; adults with eight continuous narrow dark stripes on body (preserved juveniles with only about four upper stripes); caudal fin rounded.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits coral-rich areas of seaward reefs to depths greater than 25 m (Ref. 9710).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Westneat, Mark | Collaborators

Randall, J.E. and R. Lubbock, 1981. Labrid fishes of the genus Paracheilinus, with descriptions of three new species from the Philippines. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 28(1):19-30. (Ref. 2139)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 March 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.3 - 27.6, mean 26.5 °C (based on 108 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00456 - 0.02002), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
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).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 128 [74, 255] mg/100g; Iron = 1.01 [0.57, 1.95] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.2, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.171 [0.096, 0.295] g/100g; Selenium = 23.5 [12.6, 46.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 244 [73, 892] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.96 [1.27, 3.10] mg/100g (wet weight);