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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known in Calamianes Islands, northern Palawan (Ref. 48613).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Werner, T.B. and G.R. Allen, 2000
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Antennariidae (Frogfishes) > Histiophryninae
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Common names from other countries

Rodless anglerfish, Small-rounded frogfish, 隐棘躄鱼, ... more

Main reference

May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell. 1986. (Ref. 9563)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 9.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 130 m (Ref. 9563)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-16; Anal soft rays: 6 - 9.

Found inshore on reefs (Ref. 7300) but has been recorded to a depth of 130 m (Ref. 9563). Adults found with sponges or ascidians (Ref. 48635). Oviparous. Eggs are attached to each other by a single, flattened, acellular filament and are brooded in a hollow behind the left pectoral fin (Ref. 6773). Mimics sponges with its spots that resembles pores of sponges (Ref 90102).

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 = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.8 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Histiophryne cryptacanthus (Weber, 1913)