Lestrolepis japonica, Japanese barracudina

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Lestrolepis japonica (Tanaka, 1908)

Japanese barracudina
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Lestrolepis: Greek, lestris, -idos = bandit + Greek,lepis = scale (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Tanaka.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic. Subtropical

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Western Pacific: widespread; with confirmed records from Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, nw Australia and the South China Sea.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 121637); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 50621)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 36 - 40; Vertebrae: 82 - 88. This moderately elongate species is distinguished by the following: body depth 13-16 times in SL; dorsal-fin origin clearly before midline of horizontal distance between origins of pelvic (ventral) and anal fins (V-A), origins of pelvic and dorsal fins (V–D) 32.5-43.1% V–A; A 36-40; vertebrae: prehaemal 30-32, prepelvic 30-33, predorsal 36-40, preanal 48-51, caudal 52-58; and total 82-88; total lateral-line scales 66-72; with a narrow band of black chromatophores along lower portion of abdominal ridge (Ref. 121637).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 7300, 75154). Feeds on small fishes rather than shrimps (Ref. 121637).

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Synchronous hermaphrodite (Ref. 84976).

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Ho, H.-C., S.-Y. Tsai and H.-H. Li, 2019. The barracudina genera Lestidium and Lestrolepis of Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae). Zootaxa 4702(1):114-139. (Ref. 121637)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.4 - 14.8, mean 9.8 °C (based on 296 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00224 (0.00091 - 0.00552), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 1.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=4; k >0.3; Fec=300-500 (batch fecundity)).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (12 of 100). 🛈