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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected during the Hearst Expedition 2011 done off Batangas and Mindoro, off SW Luzon (Ref. 95664).
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Iwamoto, T. and J.E. McCosker, 2014
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Osmeriformes (Smelts) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
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Common names from other countries

Ukeguchi-iwashi, 襟裳巴杰加州平头鱼, 襟裳巴傑加州平頭魚, ... more

Main reference

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984. (Ref. 559)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 36.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40777)

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 892 - 966 m (Ref. 95664)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: Japan and Philippines.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. Body elongate and subcylindrical. Mouth very large and oblique, maxillary extending below posterior margin of eye. Lower jaw much projected beyond the upper, and provided with a pointed bony knob at symphysis directed forward and downward. Transverse scales very few, about 13 (Ref. 559). Scales deciduous. Pyloric caeca 21 (Ref. 40777).

Collected with an otter trawl (Ref. 95664).

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 = 0.5078 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Bajacalifornia erimoensis Amaoka & Abe, 1977