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🌊 Marine Data Deficient 🌡️ Deep-water

Symphurus Hondoensis

Symphurus hondoensis Hubbs, 1915
Max Length
12.2 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
390–815 m
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
16.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Collected from sand or sand-mud bottom . Unpublished maximum depth given at 1040 m (in Ref. 127475).

Scientific Name
Symphurus hondoensis
Authority
Hubbs, 1915
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
12.2 cm
Depth Range
390–815 m
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
16.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 111 - 113; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 95; Vertebrae: 59. Distinguished from congeners by having 1-2-3 interdigitation pattern (ID) of proximal dorsal pterygiophores and interneural spines; 10 abdominal vertebrae; 14 caudal-fin rays; 105-106 scales in longitudinal series; a pigmented blind side nearly as dark as the ocular surface; and black peritoneum .: short and / or deep.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Symphurus Hondoensis is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 390 - 815 m . Deep-water Northwest Pacific: probably endemic to deep waters off the southern Japanese Archipelago.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.3±0.4

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00912 × L3.13 (TL)
Max TL
12.2cm
Dorsal Rays
112
Anal Rays
95
Vertebrae
59

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2020

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
16.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Hubbs, 1915

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