Aploactis aspera, Dusky velvetfish

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Aploactis aspera (Richardson, 1845)

Dusky velvetfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Aploactis: Greek, aploe, -es = simplicity + Greek, aktis, aktinos = ray, beam (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 86942). Temperate

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Western Pacific: Sagami Bay and Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan southward to China. Also reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 9070) and Australia (Ref. 7300).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14. Body almost black and covered with velvety prickles. Preopercle with 5 blunt spines. Attains 10 cm TL.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Inhabits sandy or mud bottoms in shallow waters (Ref. 559 and 637). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).

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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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