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Common names: Bilawbilaw, Buyagtong, Japanese whiptail
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported in Calatagan, Batangas (Ref. 107852).
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National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Russell, B.C., 1990
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
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Common names from other countries

Japanese threadfin bream, Ito-tamagashira, Japansk piskehalebrasen, ... more

Main reference

Russell, B.C. 1990. (Ref. 3810)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710); common length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3810)

Environment

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 20 - 100 m (Ref. 9785)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 36°N - 22°S, 111°E - 136°E (Ref. 3810)

Distribution

Western Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Indonesia (Lombok) and northwestern Australia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Head scales reaching forward to between level of anterior margin of eyes and posterior nostrils. Suborbital naked. Lower limb of preopercle naked. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or almost to level of anus. Lobes of caudal fin pointed, more or less equal in length. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper half of body yellowish, lower half whitish.

Sporadic distribution (Ref. 48635), but mostly in deeper offshore waters. Sometimes enters shallow estuaries or harbors (Ref. 48635). Solitary or in small groups (Ref. 90102). Feeds on small shrimps. Rarely caught.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5002 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.48 se; Based on food items.

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

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (21 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Pentapodus nagasakiensis (Tanaka, 1915)