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Plectranthias kamii Randall, 1980

Kami's perchlet
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Plectranthias: Greek, plektron = anyhting to strike with, spur + Greek, anthias = a fish, Sparus aurata (Ref. 45335);  kamii: This species was named in honor of Harry T. Kami of the Division of Fish and Wildlife on Guam who donated the specimen to the Bishop Museum who suspected that it might represent an undescribed species. (Ref. 8944).
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 183 - 480 m (Ref. 123579). Subtropical; 34°N - 17°S, 119°E - 149°W

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Indo-Pacific Ocean: Indonesia to Fr. Polynesia; north to Japan; south to Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123579)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 18; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D X,17-18; the third dorsal spine longest; pectoral rays 13; lateral line is complete, 32-38 tubed scales; scales below lateral line to origin of anal fin 16-20 (Ref. 123579).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Gill, A.C., J.J. Pogonoski, G.I. Moore and J.W. Johnson, 2021. Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1):1-116. (Ref. 123579)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13 - 20.3, mean 15.4 °C (based on 28 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 93.9 [43.8, 193.5] mg/100g; Iron = 1.25 [0.60, 2.30] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.7, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.524 [0.316, 0.908] g/100g; Selenium = 21.7 [10.8, 43.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.4 [7.7, 91.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.86 [0.59, 1.32] mg/100g (wet weight);