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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: West coast of Luzon, in 45 fathoms (82.4 m), 'Albatross' collection, Stn. D. 5442, USNM 93088 (holotype, 5.4 cm). Type locality identified as San Fernando, La Union, Luzon (Ref. 9494, 9792, 11790). Not marketed (Ref. 9792).
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fowler, H.W., 1934
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Samaridae (Crested flounders)
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Common names from other countries

大颌沙鲽, 大頜沙鰈, ... more

Main reference

Hensley, D.A. 1997. (Ref. 9792)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Amaoka, Kunio | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9792)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 82 m (Ref. 9494)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: west coast of Luzon, Philippines.
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Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 67; Anal soft rays: 51; Vertebrae: 40. Upper jaw reaching to middle of lower eye, length about 2 times in head length. Head length about 3.8 times In SL (Ref 12933).

Known from a depth of 90 m. Feeds on small benthic animals (Ref. 9792). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.37 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months ()

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

Price category (Ref. 80766)

Samariscus macrognathus Fowler, 1934