Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Malacanthidae > Branchiostegus > Branchiostegus japonicus

Branchiostegus japonicus (Horse head; Horsehead; Horse-head fish; Horsehead tilefish; Japanese horsehead fish; Red horsehead; Red tilefish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Branchiostegus japonicus, the Red tilefish or the Horsehead tilefish, is a species of tilefish native to the western Pacific Ocean. It can be found on sandy mud substrates at depths of from 30 to 200 metres (98 to 656 ft). This species grows to a length of 46 centimetres (18 in) TL though most are around 35 centimetres (14 in). The greatest recorded weight for this species is 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb). It is a commercially important species.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.517 lbs (688 g)
Female Maturity [2]  2 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  2 years 6 months
Maximum Longevity [2]  12 years

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Glomericirrus amadai[3]
Trigonotrema alatum[3]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0