Paracaesio gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979


Other Names: Vanuatu Snapper

Pterocaesio gonzales, from Purchased from Toril Public Market, Davao City, Philippines. Source: Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
A large species of Paracaesio, with a pale brown body above becoming silvery white below, with a yellowish diagonal band from the beginning of the lateral line to the last dorsal-fin spine, yellow on the outer dorsal-fin rays and lower caudal-fin lobe.

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Dianne J. Bray, Paracaesio gonzalesi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1247

Paracaesio gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979

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Distribution

Recorded in Australia from off Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Found elsewhere in the Western Central Pacific - from Fiji, Vanuatu, the Philippines, and Tuvalu. Occurs over deep rocky reefs.

Features

Meristic features: Dorsal fin X, 9-10; Anal fin III, 8. 

Eye large, snout short, about equal to, or shorter than eye diameter. Interorbital space convex. Lower jaw protruding slightly. Scales absent from dorsal and anal fins. Pectoral fins elongate, reaching to level of anus. 

Colour

Pale brown above becoming silvery white below with a yellow diagonal band running from the beginning of the lateral line to the last dorsal-fin spine.

Fisheries

Of minor commercial importance in parts of its range.

Species Citation

Paracaesio gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979, Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 1(4): 429, figs. 18-19. Type locality: Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines.

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Paracaesio gonzalesi Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979

References


Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO.

Anderson, W.D., Jr. 1987. Systematics of the fishes of the family Lutjanidae (Perciformes: Percoidei), the snappers. pp. 1-31 in Polovina, J.J. & Ralston, S. (eds). Tropical Snappers and Groupers: Biology and Fisheries Management. Boulder : Westview Press Inc. 659 pp.

Anderson, W.D. & Allen, G.R. 2001. Lutjanidae. pp. 2840-2918 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Fourmanoir, P. & Rivaton, I. 1979. Poissons de la pente récifale externe de Nouvelle-Calédonie et des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 1(4): 405-443.

Fry, G.C., D.T. Brewer & W.N. Venables. 2006. Vulnerability of deepwater demersal fishes to commercial fishing: Evidence from a study around a tropical volcanic seamount in Papua New Guinea. Fish. Res. 81: 126-141.

Leis, J.M., Bullock, S., Bray, D.J. & Lee, K. 1997. Larval development in the lutjanid subfamily Apsilinae (Pisces): The genus Paracaesio. Bulletin of Marine Science 61(3): 697-742.
White, W.T. & P.R. Last. 2012. Paracaesio brevidentata n. sp., a new snapper (Lutjanidae: Apsilinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa 3418: 51-60.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37346069

Depth:90-250 m

Habitat:Over deep reefs

Max Size:42 cm SL

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