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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Records from the Philippines during the French R.V. Vauban cruise in 1976 (De la Paz & Interior, 1979), the South China Sea (Randall & Lim, 2000) and elsewhere in the western Pacific Ocean (Paxton & Niem, 1999) are misidentifications.
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Main Ref: Bineesh, K.K., K.V. Akhilesh, M.F. Gomon, E.M. Abdussamad, N.G.K. Pillai and A. Gopalakrishnan, 2014
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Chlorophthalmidae (Greeneyes)
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Common names from other countries

Pigkæbet grønøje, 双角青眼鱼, 雙角青眼魚, ... more

Main reference

Bineesh, K.K., K.V. Akhilesh, M.F. Gomon, E.M. Abdussamad, N.G.K. Pillai and A. Gopalakrishnan. 2014. (Ref. 95053)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 17.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95053); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9133)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 265 - 458 m (Ref. 58018)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Indian Ocean: southern Indonesia (off the south coast of Java) and SW Thailand to India (off Chennai, Tuticorin and Kerala), the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Records from the Philippines, the South China Sea and elsewhere in the western Pacific Ocean are misidentifications.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. This species is distinguished by the following set of characteristics: lower jaw terminating in a distinct forwardly projecting horizontal plate with strong, spine-like processes directed forward from the plate’s corners; silvery grey body with numerous minute black spots and traces of broad darker crossbars; black colour at base of anterior dorsal fin spines and distal parts of dorsal fins; adipose fin tiny with numerous black spots; caudal fin black; 3.5 scales above lateral line; 3 rows of cheek scales; very large head, 34.3-40·1% SL; large eye, 29·8-40·8% HL; long pectoral fin, extending to beyond dorsal fin base, 21.7-26.2% SL; body silvery grey with minute black dots and traces of broad darker crossbars; operculum dark dorsally, silvery ventrally (Ref. 95053).

Found offshore (Ref. 30573).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (11 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894