Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 100 - 510 m (Ref. 13479). Deep-water
Western Pacific: Japan, Kyushu-Palau Ridge, and Norfolk Ridge (northern Tasman Sea).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13479)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14. Fresh specimens with brownish body, paler below. Upper half of body with many yellowish-white blotches, irregular and blurred in shape. Spinous dorsal fin uniformly jet-black except for the brownish first spine. Pectoral, second dorsal and anal fins reddish-brown. Caudal fin and posterior basal part of anal fin dark olive. Pelvic fin pale pink.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Okamura, O. and H. Kishimoto, 1993. Selenoscopus turbisquamatus, a new genus and species of urnoscopid fish from Japan and the Norfolk Ridge. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 39(4):311-317. (Ref. 13479)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.8 - 20.2, mean 14.2 °C (based on 40 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
