Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 50 - 400 m (Ref. 11230). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: widespread with confirmed range from Western Australia to French Polynesia and from southern Japan to northern New Zealand. Specimens recorded from the Indian Ocean may represent an undescribed species.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2272)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais moles (total) : 4 - 5. This species is distinguished by having a rounded body disc which is slightly wider than long; strongly pointed tubercles on dorsal surface and body margins; interspaces of entire body covered with tiny spinules; reddish body with short vermiculate pattern on dorsal surface (Ref. 92977).
Found in the shelf and shelf edge (Ref. 11230). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and K.-T. Shao, 2013. Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis. Zootaxa 3626(1):188-200. (Ref. 92977)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 13.7 - 25.8, mean 19.4 °C (based on 334 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00517 - 0.04233), b=2.93 (2.69 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).