Hong Kong country information

Common names: Butter fish, Melon seed, Pacific rudderfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Mirs Bay, Tolo Channel, and Tolo Harbour (Ref. 126271). Also reported from Hoi Ha Wan and Tsim Chau, swimming closely with jellyfish (Ref. 128523). Dominant in catches from depths >180 m in January-March (Ref. 12082). Usually available in the market (Ref. 12075). Commonly consumed in Hong Kong (Ref. 125589). Also Ref. 12083, 125407.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Stromaté du Japon, Pámpano del Pacífico, Melon seed, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
Etymology: Psenopsis: Greek, psenos, -e, -on = without hair + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

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

marin benthopélagique; profondeur 0 - 370 m (Ref. 54713). Tropical; 42°N - 19°N, 111°E - 141°E (Ref. 54713)

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Western Pacific: Japan and the East China Sea. Reported from Hong Kong (Ref. 12083).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ?, range 15 - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2272)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 6 - 7; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 27-33; Épines anales 3; Rayons mous anaux: 24 - 28. Body whitish ; in young it is pale brown or blackish brown. Spines of dorsal fin short, not separated from soft-rayed portion (Ref. 41299).

Juveniles are associated with jellyfish, and can occur in small groups. Adults become bottom-dwellers (Ref. 128523). Tasty food fish (Ref. 559).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Bykov, V.P., 1983. Marine Fishes: Chemical composition and processing properties. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. 322 p. (Ref. 4883)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.1 - 23.2, mean 18.4 (based on 218 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00860 - 0.02321), b=3.07 (2.93 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.28 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Assuming tm=1).

Prior r = 0.49, 95% CL = 0.32 - 0.73, Based on 1 stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Psenopsis anomala (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)