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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

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> 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 Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 550 m (Ref. 50550).   Deep-water; 67°N - 32°N

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

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

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 16.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56557); common length : 14.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56557); peso máximo publicado: 200.00 g (Ref. 56557); edad máxima reportada: 6 años (Ref. 56527)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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

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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

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
FAO(pesquerías: producción; 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).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (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.