Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and northeastern Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Head moderately wide, longer than 1/2 length to vent. Snout low, broad, longer than or as long as orbit; width at frontal margin of orbit much narrower than preocular length. Orbit large. Mouth terminal and lateral, no chin barbel. Teeth minute, rather conical in shape, set in broad band on premaxillary and in narrow band on dentary. Scales cycloid. Mandibular ramus with double scale rows (Ref. 54421).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00141 - 0.00976), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
