Scientific Name
Setarches longimanus

Common Name
Red deepwater scorpionfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 4 - 6. Second preopercular spine much shorter than first or third, or lacking. Pectoral rays 21-23. Interorbital width 8-12 % SL, greater than in S. guentheri (Ref. 11015).

Classification

Classified By

Alcock, 1894

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes (Setarchidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean east to Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (Ref. 559), south to Australia (Ref. 5978). Reported from the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819).

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

180 m

Depth To - meters

704 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 180 - 704 m (Ref. 11015)

Trophic Level

3.26 s.e. 0.42 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

18.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.6328 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (12 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Venomous

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated