| Family: |
Lophiidae (Goosefishes) |
| Max. size: |
150 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; depth range 25 - 560 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, and the Yellow and East China seas. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Found in sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). A carnivore (Ref. 9137). Mainly feed on fish, euphausiids, sagittoids and shrimps (Ref. 53326). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). Consumed as food, liver considered as delicacy in Japan (Ref. 47220). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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