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Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner, 1881)

Japanese sandfish
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Japan country information

Common names: Hatahata, Shottsuru
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Abundant in Akita and Yamagata Prefectures (Ref. 559). Also Ref. 2850.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Toroumoque japonais, Sailfin sandfish, Sailfin sandfish, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Trichodontidae (Sandfishes)
Etymology: Arctoscopus: Greek, arktos = bear + Greek, skope = to guard, to watch (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Steindachner.

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

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 550 m (Ref. 50550).   Deep-water; 67°N - 32°N

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

North Pacific: Aleutian Islands (one record) to Okhotsk and Japan seas.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 16.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 56557); common length : 14.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 56557); peso massimo pubblicato: 200.00 g (Ref. 56557); Età massima riportata: 6 anni (Ref. 56527)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on sandy-mud bottoms (Ref. 559). Cultured and released for fishery in Japan.

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
FAO(pesca: production; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.7 - 13.9, mean 3.8 (based on 218 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.2500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00415 - 0.02764), b=3.02 (2.80 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tm=2-3; tmax=6; Fec=600-1,700).
Prior r = 0.17, 95% CL = 0.11 - 0.25, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (7 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.