Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A deep-water species that is rarely captured (Ref. 6180). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).
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Randall, J.E. and L. Taylor 1988 Review of the Indo-Pacific fishes of the serranid genus Liopropoma, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (16):47 p. (Ref. 6180)
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Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands.
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Randall, J.E. and L. Taylor 1988 Review of the Indo-Pacific fishes of the serranid genus Liopropoma, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (16):47 p. (Ref. 6180)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6180&speccode=12847
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
17.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710))
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9710&speccode=13770
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Type Information
Type for Pikea aurora
Catalog Number: USNM 50675
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Collector(s): D. Jordan & B. Evermann
Locality: Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Catalog Number: USNM 50675
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Collector(s): D. Jordan & B. Evermann
Locality: Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
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Cotype for Pikea aurora
Catalog Number: USNM 126553
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): D. Jordan & B. Evermann
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Catalog Number: USNM 126553
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): D. Jordan & B. Evermann
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
reef-associated; marine; depth range 49 - 184 m (Ref. 9710)
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9710&speccode=13770
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Depth range based on 2 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 141.75 - 141.825
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 141.75 - 141.825
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 141.75 - 141.825
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 141.75 - 141.825
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Depth: 49 - 184m.
From 49 to 184 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
From 49 to 184 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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