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Hipposcorpaena filamentosa Fowler, 1938

Filamentous scorpionfish
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Australia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Ashmore Is., Western Australia at 95 m depth (Ref. 123987).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wibowo, K. and H. Motomura, 2021
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Common names from other countries

Itohiki-kasago, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: Hipposcorpaena: Greek, ippos = horse + Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Fowler.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 95 m (Ref. 123987).   Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Japan, Australia; the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123987)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6. Characterized by having variable coloration, from whitish to red-brown; red-brown variety with whitish snout and broad white band on posterior portion of spinous dorsal fin; dorsal rays XI, 10, spinous portion of fin elevated, membrane between first and second spines moderately incised; anal rays II,6; pectoral rays 14, strongly incised membranes between lower seven rays (one-third to one-half length of each ray); longitudinal scale series 54; head is large with concave snout profile; presence of skin flaps on snout, chin, lower cheek, edge of preoperculum and above eye; depth of body 2.4-2.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in silty inshore reefs (Ref. 90102).

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Wibowo, K. and H. Motomura, 2021. Distributional range extension of a rare scorpionfish, Hipposcorpaena filamentosa (Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Scorpaenidae). Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 51(1), 2021:23-28. (Ref. 123987)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 28 - 29.1, mean 28.6 (based on 48 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 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).