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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Visayan Sea (Ref. 110387).
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: Villoso, E.P., G.V. Hermosa and C. Dizon, 1983
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Batfish, Starry seabat, 棘茄鱼, ... more

Main reference

Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and K.-T. Shao. 2013. (Ref. 92977)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2272)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 400 m (Ref. 11230)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: widespread with confirmed range from Western Australia to French Polynesia and from southern Japan to northern New Zealand. Specimens recorded from the Indian Ocean may represent an undescribed species.
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Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-5. This species is distinguished by having a rounded body disc which is slightly wider than long; strongly pointed tubercles on dorsal surface and body margins; interspaces of entire body covered with tiny spinules; reddish body with short vermiculate pattern on dorsal surface (Ref. 92977).

Found in the shelf and shelf edge (Ref. 11230). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5020 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797)