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Common names: Japanese gurnard, Spotted gurnard
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 9771.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Triglidae (Searobins) > Pterygotriglinae
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Common names from other countries

Japanese gurnard, Searobin, Painted searobin, ... more

Main reference

May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell. 1986. (Ref. 9563)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 38.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89467)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 160 - 500 m (Ref. 9771)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 22°C (Ref. 107945)

Distribution

South Pacific: off the coast of Chile near Isla Juan Fernandez, Isla San Felix, and neighboring guyots of the Sala y Gomez and Nazca Ridges (160-350 m), reported from Easter Island and westward to the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia; and other seamounts and ridges.
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Short description

Mostly red in color with prominent black spots.

Occurs on the continental shelf and slope (Ref.9563). The depth range is indicated 60-320 m in Ref. 89357.

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)
4.5 ±0.80 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=3-4)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Pterygotrigla picta (Günther, 1880)