Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 70 - 600 m (Ref. 3132). Deep-water; 35°N - 22°S, 55°E - 168°E
Indo-Pacific: Seychelles, Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Also from southern Japan to the northern South China Sea (Ref. 559).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43239); 13.0 cm SL (female)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 4;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 8;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 7. First dorsal spine elongate and filamentous. First dorsal ray elongate in the male but not in the female. Five median caudal rays filamentous in the male. First dorsal fin with a large dark mark which becomes faint with growth. Second dorsal fin yellow with many pinkish oblique lines. Attains 18 cm SL.
Inhabits deep trawling grounds (Ref. 3132). Found in shelf edges (Ref. 43239).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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