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Synagrops bellus
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Synagropidae (Splitfin ocean-basses)
Etymology: Synagrops: Greek, synagris, -idos = a kind of marine fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Etymology: Synagrops: Greek, synagris, -idos = a kind of marine fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Taxonomic Remarks
This species is junior synonym of Synagrops japonicus according to Mediodia et al., 2024 (Ref. 132082:12).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 60 - 910 m (Ref. 7251), usually 107 - 179 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 53°N - 41°S, 93°W - 14°E (Ref. 57282)
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Eastern Atlantic: Guinea to Nigeria. Western Atlantic: Canada and Bermuda to Rio Grande do Sul including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Western Pacific: New Caledonia (Ref. 86942).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits deep shelf and slope waters (Ref. 7251).
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Main reference
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Mejía, L.S., A. Acero P., A. Roa and L. Saavedra, 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Synagrops from the tropical Western Atlantic (Perciformes: Acropomatidae). Caribb. J. Sci. 37(3-4):202-209. (Ref. 43234)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2012
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00912 (0.00578 - 0.01439), b=3.05 (2.92 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (18 of 100). 🛈 |