Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 80 - 385 m (Ref. 116586), usually 80 - 380 m (Ref. 116586). Deep-water; 30°N - 35°S, 34°E - 169°E (Ref. 57285)
Western Pacific: in low latitude tropics; common in the Philippines, Vietnam, eastern Indonesia and off the southern coasts of Japan and Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2202)
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 25. Resembles S. japonicus and S. analis but distinguished by the following characters: pelvic spine with distinct serration on the anterior edge; 2 spines and 7 soft rays in anal fin; 16 rays in pectoral fin; and small body size (less than 10 cm). Body blackish -brown dorsally, paler ventrally.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Occurs in the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 7300).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Schwarzhans, W.W. and A.M. Prokofiev, 2017. Reappraisal of Synagrops, Günther, 1887 with rehabilitation and revision of Parascombrops Alcock, 1889 including description of seven new species and two new genera (Perciformes: Acropomatidae). Zootaxa 4260(1):1-74. (Ref. 116586)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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