Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 180 - 410 m (Ref. 11015). Deep-water
Western Pacific: Japan to Western Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11015)
Dorsal spines (total): 27; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6. Color in life pink, with 5 indefinite large dark blotches on the sides of the body: the first three below the spinous dorsal, one below the soft dorsal and one on the base of the caudal fin.
Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 11015) and continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eschmeyer, W.N. and B.B. Collette, 1966. The scorpionfish subfamily Setarchinae, including the genus Ectreposebastes. Bull. Mar. Sci. 16(2):349-375. (Ref. 11015)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Venomous
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 11.3 - 19.8, mean 14.4 °C (based on 78 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7578 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00421 - 0.02606), b=3.04 (2.82 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
