Pteropsaron dabfar : fisheries

Pteropsaron dabfar Iwamoto, 2014

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Hemerocoetidae (Indo-Pacific duckbills)
Etymology: Pteropsaron: Greek, pteron = wing, fin + Greek, psaron = grey, with different colours (Ref. 45335); dabfar: Named for the research vessel, M/V DA-BFAR of the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Agriculture.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 86 m (Ref. 95663). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Philippines.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95663)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20; Anal soft rays: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D V,20; A 24; pectoral-fin rays 17-19; V I,5; dorsal-fin spines are closely set creating a narrow base, the first spine is greatly elongated, reaching to middle of caudal fin; dorsal lobe of caudal fin with filamentous tip; about 33 tubed lateral-line scales, the posterior margin narrowly incised or crenulated; at the anterior end of each maxilla is a short, curved spine (maxillary spine); with a short rostral barbel (Ref. 95663).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected by a beam trawl over hard, sandy, rocky bottom (Ref. 95663).

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Iwamoto, T., 2014. Two new Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae fishes (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Philippines. pp. 251-263. In Williams, G.C. and T.M. Gosliner (eds.) 2014. The Coral Triangle: the 2011 Hearst Philippine biodiversity expedition. California: San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 593 p. (Ref. 95663)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 May 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: bycatch
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