Arctoscopus japonicus  (Steindachner, 1881)

Japanese sandfish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Trichodontidae (Sandfishes)
Etymology: Arctoscopus: Greek, arktos = bear + Greek, skope = to guard, to watch (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 550 m (Ref. 50550).   Deep-water, preferred 5°C (Ref. 107945); 67°N - 32°N

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North Pacific: Aleutian Islands (one record) to Okhotsk and Japan seas.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 16.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557); common length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557); max. published weight: 200.00 g (Ref. 56557); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref. 56527)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sandy-mud bottoms (Ref. 559). Cultured and released for fishery in Japan.

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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. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 1.2500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.53 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2-3; tmax=6; Fec=600-1,700).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.