Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes), subfamily: Pteroinae |
22 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; depth range 110 - 152 m |
West Pacific: southern Japan to Hong Kong, Also from Australia, Taiwan, China and Korea. A new record for Indonesia (Ref. 5978). |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 24-24. Parietal crests in males broad and short, not greatly elongated when compared with E. falcata. Dorsal fin rays 9.5-10.5; anal 7.5 (Ref. 41422). Adults develop a curious bony protrusion on top of the head (Ref. 48635).
Description: Characterized by whitish color; head and body with eight reddish-brown bars; pectoral fins with brown banding; reddish-brown dorsal spines; deeply incised membranes of spinous portion of dorsal fin; enlarged and wing-like pectoral fins with rays fully connected by membranes except lower 7-8 unbranched rays slightly incised; short tentacle above each eye; depth of body 2.8 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
Found in the sublittoral zone (Ref. 11230). Also seen in areas of cool upwelling on fine sand and mud bottoms (Ref 90102). |
Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
|
harmless |
Three specimens (5.7-9.6 cm SL, one off Camarines Sur, CAS 41610) caught (in 115-144 m) during HEPD are the first records of the species in the Philippines (Ref. 95664). |
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