Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 29 - 350 m (Ref. 39597). Subtropical
Western Pacific: Kermadec Islands and Chesterfield Bank.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35987)
Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6; Vertebrae: 28 - 30. Second dorsal spine elongate, the length of which divided by third 1.6-1.7. Lower margin of the second infraorbital bone with a small spine. A small spine usually found on the lateral face of lachrymal bone above base of second long spine (Ref. 35987).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Poss, S.G. and W.N. Eschmeyer, 1975. The Indo-West Pacific scorpionfish genus Ocosia Jordan and Starks (Scorpaenidae, Tetraroginae), with description of three new species. Matsya 1:1-18. (Ref. 35987)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 13.7 - 23.7, mean 17 °C (based on 61 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
