Hong Kong country information

Common names: Horse head, Horsehead, 日本方頭魚
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Lai, N.-W., 2023
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Sold in wet markets (Ref. 129440). In good supply year round but more abundant from March to August (Ref. 12075). Also Ref. 94637.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Red tilefish, Japanese horsehead fish, Horse-head fish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Latilidae (Deepwater tilefishes)
Etymology: Branchiostegus: Greek, brangchia = gills + Greek, stego = roof, to cover (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 30 - 200 m (Ref. 8991). Tropical; 40°N - 15°N, 105°E - 144°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology