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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: fish market, Bolinao, Luzon, USNM 383571, 37.0 cm SL, 7-9 October 1995 (Ref. 86254).
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Main Ref: Imamura, H. and M.F. Gomon, 2010
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
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Common names from other countries

봉오리양태, 大齿鲬, 犬牙鲬, ... more

Main reference

Imamura, H. and M.F. Gomon. 2010. (Ref. 86254)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9790); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9790)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 79 - 261 m (Ref. 9790)

Climate / Range

Temperate, preferred ?

Distribution

North Western Pacific: East and South China seas; southern Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hainan Island and northern Philippines.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12. This species is distinguished by the following characters: 94-112 anteroventrally slanted oblique scale rows above lateral line; snout length 31.2-35.7% HL, markedly decreasing in length proportionally with growth; pectoral fin length 13.9-17.0% SL; pelvic fin length 19.5-23.1% SL; nasal bone without tubercles; dorsal surface of head and body dark brown, with small, round, dark-brown spots; and pelvic fin with small brown to black spots (Ref. 86254).

Taken by trawling at depths of 79 to 261m. Recorded by Galathea Station 539 as being dredged over gravel (Ref. 9790).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.8 ±0.7 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka, 1917)