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Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan & Evermann, 1902

Mitsukuri's sandlance
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Bleekeria: He researched the fishes from India and Malaysia, 1862-1878 (Ref. 45335);  mitsukurii: Although not specified in the original description, the specific epithet "mitsukurii" is honouring Kakichi Mitsukuri (1857-1909) zoologist and professor at the Imperial University of Tokyo..
More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 56 - 217 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 36°N - 21°S, 116°E - 140°E (Ref. 57360)

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Indo-Pacific: central Japan to the South China Sea. Recorded from Indonesia and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978) and from the Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897); also occurs in the western Indian Ocean (Ref. 7068).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 637)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 37 - 42; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 50 - 56. This species is distinguished by having teeth in jaws; scales on central part of body of equal length and height; when fresh caudal fin colouration dusky with black-edged yellow inner margin (Ref. 123825).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Schools in shallow waters on sandy bottom, diving into the sand when threatened (Ref. 637). Probably taken by trawl net and handnet (Ref. 123825).

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Collette, B.B., 2001. Ammodytidae. Sandlances. p. 3518. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 10275)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.4 - 27.6, mean 24.4 °C (based on 190 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00324 (0.00148 - 0.00706), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).