Diagnostic Description
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Body greenish; fins dark; upper caudal fin base with a large black spot surrounded by yellow (Ref. 2798).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Parachaeturichthys spp. Inhabit deep water (Ref. 42915). Rarely enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Captured by trawls over mud bottom (Ref. 11441). Feeds mainly on polychaetes and crustaceans (Ref. 26908).
Biology
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Parachaeturichthys spp. Inhabit deep water (Ref. 42915). Rarely enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Captured by trawls over mud bottom (Ref. 11441). Found to contain tetrodotoxin (TTX) and anhydrotetrodotoxin (anh-TTX) which causes paralytic food poisoning (Ref. 54777).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Description
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Inhabits shores of bays.
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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