Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 183 - 188 m (Ref. 93085). Tropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan and Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3132)
Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 24; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 19. This species is distinguished by the following characters: upper body with 5 vertical transverse bars, each extending laterally to lower two-thirds of body; D V, 23, with the spines becoming progressively longer posteriorly, and the last spine entirely connected to first dorsal-fin ray by membrane; A 1,19; entire body covered by ctenoid scales, except for those on chest; predorsal scales extending forward to vertical from preopercle; generally 4 pairs of canine teeth anteriorly in lower jaw; 2 rows of stout palatine teeth, those on outer row larger than inner; vomer with triangular patch of stout teeth; pelvic fin when appressed not reaching anus (Ref. 90385).
Cross section: oval.
Inhabits trawling grounds.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ho, H.-C. and J.W. Johnson, 2013. Redescription of Parapercis macrophthalma (Pietschmann, 1911) and description of a new species of Parapercis (Pisces: Pinguipedidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3620(2):273-282. (Ref. 93085)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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