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Australian Faunal Directory Taiwan Biodiversity National Information Network FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ccac34d6-ea03-404f-9d16-5dae7fdd8d9f/ Following modified from Taiwan Biodiversity National Information Network    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/eng/taibnet_species_detail.php?gen=Aploactis&spe=aspera Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Aploactis&speciesname=aspera ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Aploactis&speciesname=aspera https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Aploactis&speciesname=aspera ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Aploactis-aspera.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua)   About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments & Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload references Fish Watcher Related species Species in Aploactis Species in Aploactinidae - Classification - Aploactinidae Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Actinopteri Chordata Animalia     Aploactis aspera ( Richardson , 1845 ) Dusky velvetfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2100 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Aploactis aspera   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Aploactis aspera Picture by Shao, K.T. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes) Etymology: Aploactis: Greek, aploe, -es = simplicity + Greek, aktis, aktinos = ray, beam (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Richardson . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 86942 ). Temperate Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Western Pacific: Sagami Bay and Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan southward to China. Also reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 9070 ) and Australia (Ref. 7300 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-15; Anal spines : 1; Anal soft rays : 11 - 14. Body almost black and covered with velvety prickles. Preopercle with 5 blunt spines. Attains 10 cm TL. Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154 ). Inhabits sandy or mud bottoms in shallow waters (Ref. 559 and 637 ). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino , 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652 )     Not Evaluated   CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Allele frequencies Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00217 - 0.01392), b=3.14 (2.92 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Total processing time for the page : 3.0805 seconds Updated: 2023-01-30 11:28:00 gmt TaiBIF | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation