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Malakichthys griseus Döderlein, 1883 |
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photo by
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan |
| Family: | Malakichthyidae (Temperate ocean-basses) | |||
| Max. size: | 15 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic-oceanic; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines and Australia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-8; Vertebrae: 10-15. Length of anal fin base shorter than length of longest anal fin ray. shape of 1st pterygiophore of anal fin spine-like, with a shallow groove long the anterior edge. | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||