Japan country information

Common names: Suzuki, ???
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Xian, W.-w. and H.-x. Zhu, 2000
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Widely distributed in Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea (Ref. 42784). Utilized as a food fish (Ref. 559). Also Ref. 11230. Status of threat: Threatened populations of Ariake Sea (LP) (Ref. 94887).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hureau, J.-C., 1991
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Lateolabracidae (Asian seaperches)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

花鲈, Bar du Japon, Serránido japonés, ... more

Main reference

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley. 1989. (Ref. 7300)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 102 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); common length : 16.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 8.7 kg (Ref. 40637)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 50 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; catadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 5 - ? m

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 44°N - 15°N, 106°E - 143°E

Distribution

Western Pacific: Japan to the South China Sea.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9

Found in moving water of inshore rocky reefs. Juveniles may ascend rivers and return to sea to spawn. Protandrous, sex change happens after maturation at age 2 (Ref. 36558). Spawning occurs during winter, in deeper rocky reefs or inshore areas. Predaceous, feeding on zooplankton at an early age and on small fish and shrimps as adults (Ref. 12497). Utilized as a food fish (Ref. 559). Family placement uncertain (Ref. 1830). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.43 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.14-0.2; tm=2; Fec=1,726,242)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Lateolabrax japonicus (Cuvier, 1828)