Classification / Names
Common names from other countries
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Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 300 - 500 m (Ref. 95016)
Climate / Range
Deep-water, preferred ?
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Madagascar, southwest India, and coast of Mozambique, East Africa; north to Japan; southward to Taiwan, the Philippines, northern Australia off Queensland and Western Australia.
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Short description
Dorsal
spines
(total): 7 - 10;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 11-13;
Anal
soft rays: 11 - 13;
Vertebrae: 26 - 27. This species is distinguished by the following characters: long (17-24% SL) and wide snout; snout and head with depressed profile (15-30°); antrorse rostral spine absent; rostral spines long and slender (10-28% SL); bucklers at base of D1 fin, no spines along D2 fin bases (Ref. 95016).
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index
PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)
Trophic Level
3.6 ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100)
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