| Lophiidae (Goosefishes) |
| 150 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 3,543.0 g |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range 25 - 560 m |
| Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, and the Yellow and East China seas. |
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| Found in sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). A carnivore (Ref. 9137). Mainly feed on fish, euphausiids, sagittoids and shrimps (Ref. 53326). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). Consumed as food, liver considered as delicacy in Japan (Ref. 47220). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 12 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Known from Taiwan (Ref. 12711). Also Ref. 117610. |
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