Sirembo quinquefasciatus Kimura, Seah, Motomura, Nakae & Kawamura, 2026
Five-banded cusk-eel
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical
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Western Central Pacific: Thailand, Malaysia.
Size / Weight / Age
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This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: anal fin with two dark longitudinal bands, one along the base and another near the margin; dorsal-fin rays 92-96; anal-fin rays 69-73; pseudobranchial filaments 13-22; precaudal vertebrae 14, caudal vertebrae 38-40, total vertebrae 52-54; dorsal-fin origin just above fourth or fifth vertebra; anal-fin origin just below 17th or 18th vertebra; and scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line 6-8 (Ref. 138973).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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Kimura, S., Y.G. Seah, H. Motomura, M. Nakae and K. Kawamura, 2026. A new cusk‑eel, Sirembo quinquefasciatus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the southern South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 1-8. (Ref. 138973)
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Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Aquaculture systems
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Stamps, coins, misc.
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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 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (11 of 100). 🛈 |