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Hemerocoetidae (Indo-Pacific duckbills)
Etymology: Acanthaphritis: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, phritto, phisso, to bristle (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Masami Uno and Akira Uno collected holotype and some paratypes from off Hyogo Prefecture, the Sea of Japan. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 82 - 398 m (Ref. 138771). Tropical
Western Pacific: the Philippines north to Japan, south to Papua New Guinea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fricke, R., 2024. Acanthopsaron (Teleostei: Hemerocoetidae), a new genus and two new species of signalfishes from the Grand Passage off northern New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Taxa 5:1-15. (Ref. 138771)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100). 🛈 |