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Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)

Horsehead tilefish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Latilidae (Deepwater tilefishes)
Etymology: Branchiostegus: Greek, brangchia = gills + Greek, stego = roof, to cover (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 30 - 200 m (Ref. 8991). Tropical; 40°N - 15°N, 105°E - 144°E

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Western Pacific: Central Honshu to the South China Sea. Also reported as far south as the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 21 - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); common length : 35.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9137); peso massimo pubblicato: 1.3 kg (Ref. 40637); Età massima riportata: 12 anni (Ref. 5878)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 11230). Most common of Japanese tilefishes (Ref. 559).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Dooley, J.K., 1978. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae) with descriptions of two new species. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. No. 411:1-78. (Ref. 8991)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 January 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.4 - 23.4, mean 18.8 °C (based on 153 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00537 - 0.02137), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.7 (3.3 - 5.7) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 12 growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.18-0.36; tmax=12).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 132 [79, 240] mg/100g; Iron = 1.12 [0.69, 1.86] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [14.9, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.155 [0.088, 0.270] g/100g; Selenium = 76.6 [39.2, 154.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.6 [9.1, 76.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.07 [0.75, 1.51] mg/100g (wet weight);