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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Erisphex: Greek eri = very, aumentative + Greek, sphex, -ekos = wasp (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 64 m (Ref. 86942). Temperate

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Western Pacific: Japan (from Matsushima Bay and Niigata Prefecture southward) and southern coast of the Korean Peninsula. Recently reported from the Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 23.40 g (Ref. 112063)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 14; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. Body ovoid and compressed, covered with velvety prickles. Preoperculum with 4 spines. Dorsal fin notched behind the 3rd spine. Body dark-brown with indefinite darker blotches.

Occurs in shallow waters on sand or mud bottoms. Processed into animal feeds and fertilizers (Ref. 637). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).

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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)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.5 - 29, mean 28 °C (based on 554 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.47 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Erisphex pottii (Steindachner, 1896)