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Common names: Baka-baka, Spotted armoured-gurnard
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Richards, W.J., 1999
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards)
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Common names from other countries

Spotted armour gurnard, Cá Chai râu vàng, Ruì shì hóng fàng fú, ... more

Main reference

Kawai, T. 2013. (Ref. 93228)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 65 - 600 m (Ref. 11230)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Sea of Japan, southern Pohai Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Indonesia and Australia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17; Anal soft rays: 17. This species is distinguished by the following characters: barbels, 2 on lip and 2 (rarely 1) on the chin; head and body with scattered dusky small spots; upper lateral bony plates of caudal peduncle with antrose spines (Ref. 93228).

Inhabits warm tropical seas along the continental shelf edge and slope and insular areas (Ref. 9771). Benthic (Ref. 75154).

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 ±0.3 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 (38 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Satyrichthys rieffeli (Kaup, 1859)