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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Caristiidae (Manefishes)
Etymology: Paracaristius: Name from the Greek 'para' meaning around or near and Caristius; aquilus: Name from Latin aquilus meaning 'dark in color', referring to the black peritoneum.

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Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 617 - 1480 m (Ref. 87954). Tropical; 25°N - 17°S, 11°E - 18°W (Ref. 87954)

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Atlantic Ocean: south east Atlantic, off Angola.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 87954); 19.2 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 33; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17; Vertebrae: 35 - 37. This species is distinguished from P. maderensis and P. nudarcus by having fingerlike papillae along the dorsal margin of the hyoid arch and at the interhyal-posterior ceratohyal articulation, as well as having more dorsal-fin rays (30-33 versus 27-31 in P. maderensis and P. nudarcus) and fewer anal-fin rays (15-18 versus 17-20 in the 2 latter species); Paracaristius aquilus differs from P. nemorosus by its lesser body depth (<50% SL in P. aquilus vs. >50% SL in P. nemorosus) and caudal-peduncle depth (relatively long and shallow in P. aquilus vs. short and deep in P. nemorosus) (Ref. 87954).

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Stevenson, D.E. and C.P. Kenaley, 2011. Revision of the manefish genus Paracaristius (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia 2011(3):385-399 (Ref. 87954)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 August 2015

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.8 - 5.4, mean 4.2 °C (based on 14 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02455 (0.00947 - 0.06362), b=3.00 (2.78 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).

Paracaristius aquilus Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011