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Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 |
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photo by
The Fish Database of Taiwan |
| Family: | Gonorynchidae (Beaked salmons) | |||
| Max. size: | 31 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 50 - 100 m | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and Taiwan, throughout the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and Taiwan Strait. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 54-55. Uniformly brown color; dark distal margins on fins. Fused hypural 3 with the caudal fin terminal centrum. | |||
| Biology: | Found in the sublittoral zone, 50-100 m on sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||