Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 20 m (Ref. 86942). Temperate
Western Pacific: southern Japan, East China Sea and the South China Sea. Reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 11889).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. ); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 393)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Found near shore (Ref. 11230). Searches for prey using a protruding pipette-like mouth or by sieving potential food through their gill rakers (Ref. 26569).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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