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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 11230.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C., 1986
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Pentacerotidae (Armorheads) > Histiopterinae
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Common names from other countries

Sailfin boarfish, Threebar boarfish, Deepsea armourhead, ... more

Main reference

Heemstra, P.C. 1997. (Ref. 9864)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 42.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710); common length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9864)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 40 - 421 m (Ref. 11441)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa, Oman, Arabian Sea, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines. Reported from Malaysia (Ref. 5756) and Indonesia (Ref. 5978).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25-27; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Small specimens pale with dark blotches on body, dorsal, anal and pelvic fins becoming larger and coalescing with growth; adults dark with narrow, pale, vertical bands (Ref. 5449).

Inhabits deep rocky reefs (Ref. 9710, 11230).

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 = 1.0001 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.50 se; Based on food items.

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

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844