Branchiostegus sanae, Mononoke tilefish

Branchiostegus sanae Huang, Chen, Ke & Zhang, 2025

Mononoke tilefish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Latilidae (Deepwater tilefishes)
Etymology: Branchiostegus: Greek, brangchia = gills + Greek, stego = roof, to cover (Ref. 45335); sanae: Named after a heroine’s name, San in Hayao Miyazaki’s film Princess Mononoke, referrig to the similar red under-eye stripes to this species and symbolizes the ideas and appeals of harmonious coexistence between man and nature (Miyazaki 1997).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 150 - 300 m (Ref. 132979). Temperate

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Northwest Pacific: South China Sea, China

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132979)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Huang, H., J. Chen, Z. Ke and C. Zhang, 2025. Branchiostegus sanae, a new species of deepwater tilefish (Eupercaria, Branchiostegidae) from the South China Sea. ZooKeys 1227:129-142. (Ref. 132979)

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

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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