Golden Bullseye, Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner 1870
Other Names: Golden Sweeper, Ransonnet's Bullseye, Rosy Sweep, Yellow Sweeper
Golden Bullseyes, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, at Komodo, Komodo, Manggarai, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A semi-transparent silvery pink bullseye with a greenish-gold head and eye, and an indistinct dark streak along the upper side from the upper part of the gill cover to below the rear end of the dorsal fin.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Parapriacanthus ransonneti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 26 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2482
Golden Bullseye, Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner 1870
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Distribution |
Houtman Abrolhos to the North West Shelf and offshore reefs of Western Australia, Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island in the Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to Red Rock, New South Wales; also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. Large groups shelter in caves and beneath overhangs during the day, dispersing at night to feed on zooplankton. |
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Features |
Recognised by the preanal pin-like mark (a distinct black line, shaped like a pin, within a white band) midventrally just before the anus; 19–23 anal soft rays, modally 16 pectoral rays, modally 26 gill rakers, body depth 2.9–3.3 in SL, head length 2.9–3.1 in SL, eye diameter 6.6–7.4 in SL, predorsal length 2.3–2.4 in SL, pectoral-fin length of 3.3–3.45 in SL. |
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Colour |
Iris gold and green in colour; a horizontal blackish streak beginning dorsally on the opercle and disappearing below the posterior end of the dorsal fin. |
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Biology |
Parapriacanthus has two types of ventral light organs: a Y-shaped thoracic light organ, which extends from the first pair of pyloric caeca and is located from the isthmus to the base of the pelvic fins beneath the thoracic translucent muscle, and a linear anal light organ, which emerges from the rectum and anus. Individuals use the ventral bioluminescence to hide their silhouette (counterillumination). Researchers discovered that Parapriacanthis ransonnetti obtains not only its luciferin but also its luciferase enzyme from their bioluminescent ostracod prey. The enzyme purified from the fish’s light organs was identical to the luciferase of Cypridina noctiluca, a bioluminescent ostracod (Bessho-Uehara et al. 2020). |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Baron Eugen Freiherr von Ransonnet-Villez, the German consul at Singapore, who collected the type specimens. |
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Species Citation |
Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner 1870, Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 61(1): 623. Type locality: Nagasaki, Japan |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Golden Bullseye, Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner 1870
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