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Common names: Spotted stingerfish, Spotted stonefish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: BMNH 1984.1.1.64 (TGT (PJPW) 711). Found from North West Cape to Darwin (Ref. 5978). Range extends east to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Western Australia (Ref. 90102).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sainsbury, K.J., P.J. Kailola and G.G. Leyland, 1985
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Chinese stinger, Spotted stingerfish, 大华鬼鲉, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Synanceiidae (Stonefishes) > Choridactylinae
Etymology: Inimicus: Latin, inimicus = enemy (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 90 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean to Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and Western Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)

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Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13.

Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Inhabits sandy bottoms near reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthic (Ref. 75154). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406). Also found in rubble and mud bottoms in 5-90 m (Ref 90102).

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Sainsbury, K.J., P.J. Kailola and G.G. Leyland, 1985. Continental shelf fishes of the northern and north-western Australia. An illustrated guide. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research; Clouston & Hall and Peter Pownall Fisheries Information Service, Canberra, Australia. 375 p. (Ref. 3131)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 June 2017

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 57406)

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.3 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 1270 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02138 (0.00907 - 0.05040), b=2.94 (2.73 - 3.15), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).

Inimicus sinensis (Valenciennes, 1833)