Elates saranganiensis Rose, Fortaleza, Cabasan, Labrador, Lanutan, Nañola, Girard & Bemis, 2026
Sarangani flathead
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Platycephalidae (Flatheads) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elates: Greek, elates, -eros = leader, driver (Ref. 45335); saranganiensis: Name 'saranganiensis' from the type locality of the new species, Sarangani Bay.
Etymology: Elates: Greek, elates, -eros = leader, driver (Ref. 45335); saranganiensis: Name 'saranganiensis' from the type locality of the new species, Sarangani Bay.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical
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Western Central Pacific: Philippines.
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Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: eye-in-snout length of < 1.8; lateral vomerine tooth patch broad; presence of medial vomerine tooth patch visible in some specimens; lateral-line scales with two pores; scale rows above the lateral line; absence of filamentous ray on caudal fin; spinous- and soft-dorsal-fin membrane transparent; and peritoneum wholly dark (Ref. 138972).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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Main reference
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Rose, N.S., M.A. Fortaleza, J.P. Cabasan, K.L. Labrador, J.J. Lanutan, C.L. Nañola Jr, M.G. Girard and K.E. Bemis, 2026. Revised diagnosis of the flathead genus Elates (Teleostei, Platycephalidae) and description of a new species collected from a fish market near Sarangani Bay, Philippines. ZooKeys 1281:1-19. (Ref. 138972)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |