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Common names: Glorious groppo, Splendid perch, Splendid sea perch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found around southern Australia from Shark Bay (WA) to Port Macquarie (NSW), including Tasmania (Ref. 33616). Also Ref. 9832.
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Callanthiidae (Splendid perches)
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Common names from other countries

Splendid perch, 澳洲丽花鳍, Glorious groppo, ... more

Main reference

Anderson, W.D. Jr. 1999. (Ref. 9832)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 49.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33839); common length : 18.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9832)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 15 - 365 m (Ref. 9832)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: off New Zealand and temperate waters off Australia; also known from one collection made northeast of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, and from one collection in the Chesterfield Island region of the Coral Sea; may reach Indonesian waters. Closely related to Callanthias japonicus from Japanese waters and from Callanthias platei from the southeast Pacific; all three taxa may be subspecies of a single wide-ranging species.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vertebrae: 24. Continuous dorsal fin, typically 11 dorsal- and anal-fin rays, and an emarginate caudal fin with elongate outer rays (Ref. 33616).

A schooling species which seeks the cover of caves and crevices at night and when disturbed. Often found on rocky reefs in coastal waters (Ref. 33616). Presumably feed on plankton.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5039 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.30 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Callanthias australis Ogilby, 1899