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Common names: Dalupanus, Lalakasen, Miralya
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: San Fabian, Luzon, USNM 55904 (Holotype of L. edwardsi Evermann and Seale). Taytay fish market, FRLM 12126. Also Ref. 1115, 2108, 4537.
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: Kimura, S., 1995
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Sapsap fil, Motambo de hebra, Highfin ponyfish, ... more

Main reference

James, P.S.B.R. 1984. (Ref. 3424)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Woodland, David J. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48635); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 70 m (Ref. 12260)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 26°C - 29°C (Ref. 4959), preferred ?; 34°N - 27°S, 34°E - 169°E

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14.

Found in coastal inshore waters over mud or sand bottoms, rarely near reefs (Ref 90102). Stays near the substrate and feeds on small shrimps, other crustaceans, and polychaetes (Ref. 5213). A flighty species during the day (Ref. 48635).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5010 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.2 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.93-1.80)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (13 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Equulites leuciscus (Günther, 1860)