Gonorynchus moseleyi, Beaked sandfish

Gonorynchus moseleyi Jordan & Snyder, 1923

Beaked sandfish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gonorynchiformes (Milkfish) > Gonorynchidae (Beaked salmons)
Etymology: Gonorynchus: Greek, gonia (?????) = angle, corner + Greek, rhyngchos (or rhúnkhos - ??????) = snout (Ref. 45335).  More on authors: Jordan & Snyder.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 183 m (Ref. 58302).   Tropical

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Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 38037)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 55. Exceptionally large eye, mean eye length 6.3% in SL; mean head length 26.7 in SL (Ref. 38037).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Burrowing in sand and benthic, sometimes pelagic at shallow depths (Ref. 58302).

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Grande, T., 1999. Revision of the genus Gonorynchus Scopoli, 1777 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Copeia 1999(2):453-469. (Ref. 38037)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 120744)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 118484)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.8 - 25.5, mean 20.3 (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  2.2   ±0.1 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  .
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100) .