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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Sabang, San Jose, Camarines Sur, accidentally caught by hook and line (August 2000, 160 kgs, 135 cm SL) (V. Olaño, BFAR, pers.comm.).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Molidae (Molas or Ocean Sunfishes)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Sharpfin sunfish, Sharptailed sunfish, Poisson-lune lancéolé, ... more

Main reference

Tortonese, E. 1990. (Ref. 6952)
References | Biblio | Coordinator | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 337 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6952); max. published weight: 2.0 t (Ref. 4424)

Environment

Marine; brackish; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 670 m (Ref. 36453)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?; 37°N - 35°S

Distribution

Circumglobal: In tropical to subtropical waters. Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA (Ref. 7251) to southeastern Brazil (Ref. 36453).
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-19; Anal soft rays: 15 - 19. Dorsal and anal fins similar in shape, positioned far back on body (Ref 53035).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.0625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.8 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (70 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840)