Diagnostic Description
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Rather elongate body with blunt head; eye almost as long as snout; upper jaws ends well behind eye; 3 sharp spines on preopercle and 1strong opercular spine; 1 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; 5-6 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; pelvic fins inserted beneath eye; precaudal vertebrae 13 (Ref. 34024). Snout spine present (Ref. 34024).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 94
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).
- Recorder
- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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Found on the shelf and shelf edge (Ref. 11230). Common species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
Importance
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fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
分布
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分布於西太平洋區,由日本至澳洲海域。臺灣分布於西南海域。
利用
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一般為底拖網、延繩釣等漁法捕獲。屬於常見的魚類,具食用的經濟價值。
描述
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體圓而延長,近尾部處則是逐漸側扁。吻前端有一枚硬棘,但通常為厚皮所覆蓋。鰓蓋骨後方有一枚強棘,前鰓骨的下方具3枚強棘。基鰓骨中央及下咽有齒,主上頜骨大,其末端的寬度約相當於眼徑。除頭頂外,體均被鱗。背鰭和臀鰭非常的長,一直延伸至尾鰭部位,相癒合在一起,背鰭鰭條數85-90,臀鰭鰭條數71-77;腹鰭位於喉部,已經退化成2條延長絲狀鰭,但不及鰓蓋後線;尾鰭鰭條數9-11。側線非常直。體上半部褐色,下半部較淡。背鰭褐色,臀鰭淡色,均具暗緣。
棲地
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主要棲息於大陸棚砂泥底水域,棲息深度在200-350公尺之間。肉食性,以底棲生物為主食。