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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Synagropidae (Splitfin ocean-basses)
Etymology: Synagrops: Greek, synagris, -idos = a kind of marine fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 60 - 910 m (Ref. 7251), usually 107 - 179 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 53°N - 41°S, 93°W - 14°E (Ref. 57282)

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Eastern Atlantic: Guinea to Nigeria. Western Atlantic: Canada and Bermuda to Rio Grande do Sul including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Western Pacific: New Caledonia (Ref. 86942).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7

Inhabits deep shelf and slope waters (Ref. 7251).

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Mejía, L.S., A. Acero P., A. Roa and L. Saavedra, 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Synagrops from the tropical Western Atlantic (Perciformes: Acropomatidae). Caribb. J. Sci. 37(3-4):202-209. (Ref. 43234)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 10.1 - 23.2, mean 15 °C (based on 200 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00523 - 0.01450), b=3.07 (2.92 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

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