Ventrifossa
macroptera
Okamura, 1982
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Family:
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Macrouridae
(Grenadiers or rattails), subfamily: Macrourinae
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Order:
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Gadiformes
(cods)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Palau grenadier |
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Max. size:
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40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1371) |
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Environment: |
bathydemersal; non-migratory; marine; depth range 685 – 710 m
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Climate: |
deep-water; 30°N - 22°N, 125°e - 135°e |
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Importance:
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Resilience: |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
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Distribution:
http://www.ccfishery.net
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Pacific Ocean: Kyushu-Palau Ridge, southern Japan, southwestern Taiwan, and the Hawaiian Islands.
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 2 - 2;
Anal
spines: 0. Scales with slender, sharp spinules in arranged in widely divergent V rows or irregularly quincunx order. Snout with a black margin along its leading edge and posteriorly over half of supranarial ridges.
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Biology: |
Females with ripe eggs were taken in mid-December. Captured in fair numbers during exploratory fishing on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge, but not known from any other area.
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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Coordinator: |
Iwamoto, Tomio
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