| Family: |
Synagropidae (Splitfin ocean-basses) |
| Max. size: |
11 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 216 - 794 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific, known from southern Japan, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, to off Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna; including Eastern Indian Ocean, Timor Sea and off northwestern Australia, |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 7-7. This slender species is distinguished by the following characters: flat dorsal head profile and pointed snout; A II + 7; pectoral-fin rays 15-16, pectoral length 19.5-24.3% SL; gill rakers 11-16, decreasing with size; pseudobranchial filaments 16-29, increasing in number with fish growth; first anal-fin pterygiophore is long, slightly bent, with moderately broad, hollow tip; vomer V-shaped with reduced dentition, only few long teeth near sides of base; palatine with 1 row of teeth, anteriorly long, posteriorly granular; ectopterygoid widened, 3-4 rows of granular teeth; orbital diameter 9.5-12.6% SL, decreasing with size; snout length 87-113 % of orbital diameter; no longitudinal ridges on the preopercular lobe; otolith moderately slender (OL:OH = 1.7-1.8) (Ref. 116586). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
Collected from northern Philippines (Ref. 116586); from Panay Island, (KAUM–I.
80885, 10.30 mm SL) (Ref. 129331). |
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