Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | never/rarely | Ref. | |
Regulations | no regulations | Ref. | |
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Type locality of Haptenchelys parviocularis, Honshu, Wakayama, off Kii Peninsuala. Known only from the Pacific abyssal zone off southern Japan, in depths of 2,830-4,866 m, and all of the recorded sites are located along the northern part of the Philippines Sea Plate: to the East, from the Ogasawara Trough (off Bonin Islands), part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc; to the North, from the Nankai Trough (off Zenisu, Kii Peninsula, and Kochi); and to the West, from the Ryukyu Trench (off Okinawa Island) (Ref. 96071). |
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States/Provinces | Wakayama (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html |