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Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
Etymology: Rhinesomus: Greek, rhinos = nose + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
Environnement / Climat / Gamme
Écologie
; marin récifal; profondeur ? - 50 m (Ref. 12204). Subtropical
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); common length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3696)
Carapace and caudal peduncle blackish with numerous small white spots; lips and bases of fins blackish; terminal edge of caudal fin narrowly white with a blackish submarginal band (Ref. 13442).
Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 12204) and Massachusetts, USA to Brazil, including Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Found on coral reefs (Ref. 12204). Solitary or in small groups (Ref. 9710). Feeds on a wide variety of small bottom invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, worms, sessile tunicates and sponges exposed by a jet of water ejected through the mouth (Ref. 9710). Marketed fresh locally (Ref. 3696). Toxins released when excited kill other fishes (Ref. 5521). Easily approached (Ref. 9710).
Coad, B.W., 1995. Encyclopedia of Canadian fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature and Canadian Sportfishing Productions Inc. Singapore.
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 90363)
Menace pour l'homme
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.04969 (-0.08085 - 0.18022), b=2.77 (2.69 - 2.86), based on LWR estimates for species & family-BS (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; Based on diet studies.
Résilience (Ref.
69278): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Vulnérabilité (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100) .