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Description |
Western Pacific: southern Japan. More recent works report of its occurrence in Taiwan (Ref. 5193), Malaysia (Ref. 5756) and the Chesterfield Islands (Ref. 11897).
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Ateleopus japonicus is a Western Pacific Jellynose fish, known from southern Japan, Taiwan (Shen and Ting 1972), China (Chen 2002), Malaysia (Mohsin et al. 1993), Viet Nam (Phung and Thi 1994) and the Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia (Kulbicki et al. 1994).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
China; Japan; Malaysia; New Caledonia; Taiwan, Province of China; Viet Nam
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
Additional data:
? Lower depth limit (metres): 600
? Upper depth limit (metres): 140
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Population [top]
Population: Ateleopus japonicus is reported to be rare in waters around Taiwan (Shen and Ting 1972), but not uncommon in southern Japan (K. Matsuura pers comm. 2009). The population trend appears to be stable.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Ateleopus japonicus is a bathydemersal species that has a depth range of 140 - 600 m. At night it moves up to c. 100 m. Little is known about the biology of species in this family (FAO 1999a).
Systems: Marine
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Species from the Ateleopodidae family are of no commercial importance (FAO 1999), however Ateleopus japonicus may be taken as by-catch in fishery operations in southern Japan (K. Matsuura pers comm. 2009) and probably elsewhere in its range.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for Ateleopus japonicus.
Citation: Matsuura, K. 2010. Ateleopus japonicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T154919A4667820. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154919A4667820.en. Downloaded on 10 December 2018.
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