| Family: |
Synagropidae (Splitfin ocean-basses) |
| Max. size: |
9 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 179 - 210 m |
| Distribution: |
Indian Ocean from East Africa and the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal; common on the deep shelf from 179 to 210 m. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 7-7. This moderately slender-bodied species is distinguished by the following characters: slightly convex dorsal head profile; A II + 7; pectoral-fin rays 14-16, pectoral length 27.1-30.9% SL, reaching anterior edge of anal fin; gill rakers 19-25; pseudobranchial filaments 16-26; first anal-fin pterygiophore long and straight, slender with rather sharp tip and not hollow; palatines and ectopterygoids narrow, usually with 1 row (rarely 2) of denticles; orbital diameter 10.1-12.2% SL; posterior edge of maxillary plate straight; no longitudinal ridges on the preopercular lobe; otolith moderately elongate (OL:OH = 1.5-1.7) (Ref. 116586). |
| Biology: |
Sold fresh in markets. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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