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Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Horsehead tilefish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Latilidae (Deepwater tilefishes)
Etymology: Branchiostegus: Greek, brangchia = gills + Greek, stego = roof, to cover (Ref. 45335).

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 30 - 200 m (Ref. 8991). Tropical; 40°N - 15°N, 105°E - 144°E

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Western Pacific: Central Honshu to the South China Sea. Also reported as far south as the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819).

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 21 - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 40637); common length : 35.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 9137); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 1.3 kg (Ref. 40637); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 12 έτη (Ref. 5878)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Found in the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 11230). Most common of Japanese tilefishes (Ref. 559).

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Dooley, J.K., 1978. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae) with descriptions of two new species. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. No. 411:1-78. (Ref. 8991)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 January 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.4 - 23.4, mean 18.8 °C (based on 153 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00537 - 0.02137), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.7 (3.3 - 5.7) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 12 growth studies.
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179):  Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.18-0.36; tmax=12).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 132 [79, 240] mg/100g; Iron = 1.12 [0.69, 1.86] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [14.9, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.155 [0.088, 0.270] g/100g; Selenium = 76.6 [39.2, 154.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.6 [9.1, 76.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.07 [0.75, 1.51] mg/100g (wet weight);