Taxonomic Remarks
Genus Hypodytes, according to Paxton et al. 1989 (Ref. 7300).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 14 - 60 m (Ref. 30573), usually 15 - 50 m (Ref. 4313). Deep-water
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and the Persian Gulf south to Natal, South Africa and east to India and the Philippines, north to China and Japan, south Australia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 48635); common length : 10.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3503)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 14 - 16; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8 - 10; Épines anales: 3 - 4; Rayons mous anaux: 6 - 8. Bluish grey in color, belly pale; large black spot on rear half of spinous dorsal (Ref. 4313).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits soft bottoms of the continental shelf. Primarily known from trawls over prawn-grounds but divers looking in suitable habitats can come across them, especially at night. During the day it buries itself deep in the sand with just the eyes exposed. When disturbed, it spreads its long pectoral fins with the bright upper color to deter predators. It uses its fins to corner prey and has sensitive barbels below the mouth to detect those buried in the substrate (Ref. 48635). Fin spines venomous (anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland (Ref. 57406)) (Ref. 30573). Sold in small quantities either fresh or dried and salted in markets. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Matsunuma, M., Y.G. Seah and H. Motomura, 2024. Review of Apistus (Synanceiidae: Apistinae) with description of a new species from the Arabian Sea and taxonomic status of Apistus balnearum Ogilby 1910, a junior synonym of Apistops caloundra (De Vis 1886). Ichthyol. Res. 72(3):320-349. (Ref. 137862)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.8125 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01175 (0.00445 - 0.03100), b=3.02 (2.80 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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