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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Setarchidae (Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes)
Etymology: Ectreposebastes: Greek, ek = from, of, out + Greek, trepo = to turn, to rotate + Greek, sebastes = august, venerable (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Garman.

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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 150 - 2000 m (Ref. 559), usually 500 - 850 m (Ref. 36731). Deep-water

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Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: tropical western Africa. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Gulf of Mexico to Suriname.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4510)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 7. Swim bladder lacking or rudimentary; bones poorly ossified; spine weak and usually broken during capture; scales thin and deciduous, and white body musculature soft and flabby (Ref. 11015). Lateral line more or less a continuous trough covered by thin membranous scales, usually lost during capture (Ref. 10482). Body is black in small specimens; maroon and black in adults (Ref. 11015). Buccal cavity black with patches of bright orange and red in life; pharyngeal teeth red or orange (Ref. 11015).

Among all scorpionfishes, it is structurally best adapted for mid-water existence (Ref. 11015). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds mainly on crustaceans, amphipods and sergestid shrimps (Ref. 28023). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland at least in anal-fin spines (Ref. 57406).

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Eschmeyer, W.N. and B.B. Collette, 1966. The scorpionfish subfamily Setarchinae, including the genus Ectreposebastes. Bull. Mar. Sci. 16(2):349-375. (Ref. 11015)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 57406)

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Ectreposebastes imus Garman, 1899