Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner, 1881)
Japanese sandfish
photo by Yau, B.

Family:  Trichodontidae (Sandfishes)
Max. size:  30 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 200.0 g; max. reported age: 6 years
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 0 - 550 m
Distribution:  North Pacific: Aleutian Islands (one record) to Okhotsk and Japan seas.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found on sandy-mud bottoms (Ref. 559). Cultured and released for fishery in Japan.
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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