Trachicephalus uranoscopus, Stargazing stonefish : fisheries

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Trachicephalus uranoscopus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Stargazing stonefish
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> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Synanceiidae (Stonefishes) > Synanceiinae
Etymology: Trachicephalus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 2 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: India to Indonesia, north to Hong Kong and southern China.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 90102)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 11 - 13; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12 - 14; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 15.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits mud bottoms in estuaries. Also found in sand bottoms of estuaries and coastal waters in 2-25 m (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Poss, S.G., 1999. Scorpaenidae. Scorpionfishes (also, lionfishes, rockfishes, stingfishes, stonefishes, and waspfishes). p. 2291-2352. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Rome, FAO. 2069-2790 p. (Ref. 39597)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 July 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 39597)





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 28.6 °C (based on 2774 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02089 (0.01096 - 0.03984), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.7   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.