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Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner, 1881) Japanese sandfish |
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photo by
Yau, B. |
| Family: | Trichodontidae (Sandfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 30 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 200.0 g; max. reported age: 6 years | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 0 - 550 m | |||
| Distribution: | North Pacific: Aleutian Islands (one record) to Okhotsk and Japan seas. | |||
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| Biology: | Found on sandy-mud bottoms (Ref. 559). Cultured and released for fishery in Japan. | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||