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Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)

Natal duckbill
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Spratly islands (Ref. 58534).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Spotted duckbill, Patudo do Natal, 扁吻鲬状鱼, ... more

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> Perciformes/Bembropoidei (Duckbill flatheads) > Bembropidae (Duckbill flatheads)
Etymology: Bembrops: Greek, bembras, -ados = a kind of anchovy m+ Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335);  platyrhynchus: Specific name from the Greek 'platys' meaning flat and 'rhynchos' meaning snout or beak..
  More on author: Alcock.

Issue
Hoese and Bray (2006: in Ref. 75154) reccognize Bembrops philippinus as valid. It seems no new information has been published since under that name, or under Bembrops platyrhynchus.in the Philippines. Please send papers we missed, or more studies are needed.

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

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 200 - 549 m (Ref. 26165).   Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: including the Bay of Bengal, the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea, the Tasman Sea, and off the coast of Somalia and South Africa.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6652)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 6; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 14 - 15; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 15 - 16. Vague dusky spots along body, 1 on caudal fin at base of upper rays; scales edged with black; 1st dorsal fin dusky to black in color (Ref. 6652). Distal margin of first dorsal fin darkish. Usually 5 scale rows between lateral line and origin of anal fin (Ref 12932).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits offshore trawling grounds (Ref. 3132).

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Das, M.K. and J.S. Nelson, 1996. Revision of the percophid genus Bembrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Bull. Mar. Sci. 59(1):9-44. (Ref. 13203)

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): 9.8 - 17.3, mean 12.5 (based on 197 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00363 (0.00177 - 0.00744), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100).