Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 50 - 146 m (Ref. 57178). Temperate
Western Pacific: Japan and the China seas. Reported farther south from northwestern Australia (Ref. 3132).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Occurs on muddy bottoms. Adults are sometimes caught by trawl nets, but the young are rather rare (Ref. 559). Mximum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 17.3 - 27.7, mean 25.1 °C (based on 357 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 30.8 [12.9, 57.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.275 [0.135, 0.527] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.7, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.377 [0.187, 0.784] g/100g; Selenium = 8.91 [3.64, 21.00] μg/100g; VitaminA = 39.8 [7.9, 185.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.637 [0.387, 1.009] mg/100g (wet weight);
