Western Pacific: Central Honshu to the South China Sea. Also reported as far south as the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 21 - ? cm Max length : 46.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9137); peso máximo publicado: 1.3 kg (Ref. 40637); edad máxima reportada: 12 años (Ref. 5878)
Found in the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 11230). Most common of Japanese tilefishes (Ref. 559).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Dooley, J.K., 1978. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae) with descriptions of two new species. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. No. 411:1-78. (Ref. 8991)