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Malakichthyidae (Temperate ocean-basses)
Etymology: Malakichthys: Greek, malakia = softness + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Yohiro (also spelt Yojiro) Wakiya was superintendent of the Korean Government Fisheries Experiment Station. He was honoured in the gudgeon’s trinomial for his help in the preparation of Mori’s paper. He collected the seabass holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Hubbs.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin pelagic-neritic; profondeur ? - 200 m (Ref. 11230). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: southern Japan, the East China Sea and around Taiwan.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 637)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 9 - 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8 - 9; Vertèbres: 10 - 15. This species has the following characters: chin with a pair of distinct spines; proximal-middle radial of first anal-fin pterygiophore slender with no hollow; well developed lateral wing; 13 (rarely 12) pectoral-fin rays; A III, 9 (rarely 8); longest anal-fin ray is shorter than half of base of anal fin; body depth 34-41% LS; lateral line scales 48-51; gill rakers 22-24 on lower arm (Ref. 76883). Body uniformly brownish-silver dorsally, white ventrally (Ref. 559).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Feeds on small crustaceans and fishes, among others (Ref. 559). Caught in depths of less than 150 m (Ref. 637).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 11.9 - 22.2, mean 18.5 °C (based on 126 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00181 - 0.01207), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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