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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: 80 specimens collected between Mindoro and Mindanao (Ref. 51120). Type locality: Philippine Archipelago Albatross Station 5503: Northern Mindanao and vicinity (Ref. 51120).
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Main Ref: Krabbenhoft, T.J. and T.A. Munroe, 2003
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Symphurinae
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Main reference

Krabbenhoft, T.J. and T.A. Munroe. 2003. (Ref. 51120)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 12.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 51120)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 248 - 500 m (Ref. 51120), usually 335 - 431 m (Ref. 51120)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: Philippines and southern Indonesia.
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Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 91-100; Anal soft rays: 78 - 87; Vertebrae: 50 - 54. Characterized by the combination of a predominant 1-2-2 pattern of interdigitation of dorsal pterygiophores and neural spines; 14 caudal-fin rays; 91-100 dorsal-fin rays; 78-87 anal-fin rays; 50-54 vertebrae, a pointed snout, black peritoneum, and distinctive features of its ocular- and blind-side coloration (in alcohol) including ocular-side background coloration uniformly bright (freshly captured) to darker reddish-brown with some specimens having a series of faint, reddish-brown, incomplete crossbands; outer surface of ocular-side opercle yellowish with reddish-brown speckles; dorsal and anal fins darker reddish-brown anteriorly, fading to a pale reddish posteriorly; blind side uniformly yellowish to straw-colored, except proximal pterygiophore regions of dorsal and anal fins with dense covering of reddish-brown speckles; both sides of dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins covered with dense concentrations of small red speckles; speckling especially dense on blind-side body in region around anus and also on both sides of pelvic fin (Ref. 51120).

Appears to feed on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 51120).

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 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.3 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (22 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Symphurus bathyspilus Krabbenhoft & Munroe, 2003