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Hemerocoetidae (Indo-Pacific duckbills)
Etymology: Matsubaraea: Because of Matsubara, icthyologist in scorpenoid fishes. He was cited by Hilgendorf, 1880, and named after Shinnosuke Matsubara, director of Imperial Fisheries in Tokyo.
More on author: Fowler.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 4 - 5 m (Ref. 37434). Subtropical; 35°N - 28°S, 98°E - 154°E
Western Pacific: Japan, Thailand and the Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37438)
Inhabits sandy bottoms along shore lines (Ref. 37438). Abundant around the low water line spring tide. Caught by small beam trawl and push net at depths not exceeding 5 m deep. Feeds mainly on mysids (Ref. 37434).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Matsuura, K., 1991. The percophid fish, Matsubaraea setouchiensis, a junior synonym of Matsubaraea fusiforme. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 38(1):61-62. (Ref. 37438)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 24.8 - 29.2, mean 28.6 (based on 1388 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).