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Teleostei (teleosts) >
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Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Neomerinthe: Greek, neos = new + Greek, merinthos, -ou = thread (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 103 - 400 m (Ref. 132449). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Fiji and Wallis and Futuna.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132449)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D XII, 9; pectoral-fin rays 18; scale rows in longitudinal series 44 or 45; pored lateral-line scales 23; scale rows above lateral line 6 or 7, below lateral line 12, between sixth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 5, between last dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 5; upper gill rakers 6, lower gill rakers 13 [9 or 10 and 3 or 4 on ceratohyal and hypobranchial, respectively], total gill rakers 19; no longitudinal ridge on lateral surface of maxilla; no lateral lacrimal spine; suborbital spines 3; no second preopercular spine; minute slit behind last gill arch; many small cycloid scales on base of pectoral fin and ventral surface of body between isthmus and posterior to pelvic fin; several lower pectoral-fin rays distinctly elongated; pectoral-fin ray length 37.6-40.0% of SL; first anal-fin spine length 6.9-8.5% SL; second anal-fin spine length 23.3-25.5% SL; third anal-fin spine length 22.7-23.1% SL;pelvic-fin spine length 17.9-18.1% SL; longest pelvic-fin soft ray length 26.6-29.2% SL; preserved specimens with pale yellowish body and pectoral fins, and indistinct blotches on body above lateral line (Ref. 1322449).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Matsumoto, T. and H. Motomura, 2024. Neomerinthe ornithoptera, a new species of scorpionfish (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, with a reassessment of the diagnosis for N. pallidimacula (Fowler 1938). Zootaxa 5428(1):135-145. (Ref. 132449)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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