Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 146 m (Ref. 57178). Temperate
Western Pacific: Japan and the China seas. Reported farther south from northwestern Australia (Ref. 3132).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 8. Second dorsal fin with black ovoid ocellus. Scales ctenoid, large and deciduous.
Occurs on muddy bottoms. Adults are sometimes caught by trawl nets, but the young are rather rare (Ref. 559). Mximum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 17.3 - 27.7, mean 25.1 °C (based on 357 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 30.8 [12.9, 57.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.275 [0.135, 0.527] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.7, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.377 [0.187, 0.784] g/100g; Selenium = 8.91 [3.64, 21.00] μg/100g; VitaminA = 39.8 [7.9, 185.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.637 [0.387, 1.009] mg/100g (wet weight);