Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 310 m (Ref. 42740). Deep-water
Western Central Pacific: Japan to Australia; also reported from Eastern Indian Ocean for Australia and Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 18 - 21. No dark bars on body. Scales of dorsal part of body and postorbital head with a brown spot, thus forming longitudinal rows. A large black spot basally in spinous part of dorsal fin. Canine teeth at front of upper jaw 6 (Ref 42740).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E., 2001. Pinguipedidae (= Parapercidae, Mugiloididae). Sandperches. p. 3501-3510. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 42740)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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