| Family: |
Triglidae (Searobins), subfamily: Pterygotriglinae |
| Max. size: |
20 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 300 - 500 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Madagascar, southwest India, and coast of Mozambique, East Africa; north to Japan; southward to Taiwan, the Philippines, northern Australia off Queensland and Western Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal soft rays: 11-13; Vertebrae: 26-27. This species is distinguished by the following characters: long (17-24% SL) and wide snout; snout and head with depressed profile (15-30°); antrorse rostral spine absent; rostral spines long and slender (10-28% SL); bucklers at base of D1 fin, no spines along D2 fin bases (Ref. 95016). |
| Biology: |
A rare deepwater species (Ref. 9771). Found on the continental shelf and continental slope (Ref. 75154). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 21 June 2017 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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