Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range					
						Ecologia					
				
				
				
					marinhas associadas(os) a recifes;  intervalo de profundidade 10 - 40 m (Ref. 90102). Subtropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan to Australia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Tamanho / Peso / Idade
				
				
				
					Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 11.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 42740)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Espinhos dorsais (total) : 5; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 20 - 21; Espinhos anais: 1 - 16; Raios anais moles: 18. This species is characterized by the following:  D V,20-21 (usually 21); A I,16-18; 13-15 (rarely 13, usually 14) pectoral rays; 38-43 lateral-line scales; about 2-4 + 7-10 gill rakers; about 4 predorsal scales; ctenoid scales on cheek, in 4 horizontal rows; front of lower jaw with 8 canine teeth; vomerine teeth a broad chevron-shaped patch; with palatine teeth; upper edge of subopercle with a prominent sharp spine; serrae on opercular bones absent; body depth 4.15-4.75 in SL (21.20-24.1% SL); middle dorsal spine longest; membrane from last dorsal spine joined near base of first soft ray; body gray to reddish dorsally, white below with the edges of scales gray; a series of f5 broadly U-shaped dark brown bars on back, smaller posteriorly, or with a series of 5 double dark brown to black dashes, the anterior 2 with 1 above and 1 below lateral line; a series of 9 spots or short bars on lower side of body that may be blackish, reddish, or dusky yellow; small dark reddish spots, one per scale, often present scattered along side of body and on cheek; presence at side of snout of an iridescent pale blue line, and one beneath eye; lips with large dark blotches; usually presence of a midventral blackish spot on isthmus, often  with a smaller black spot to each side anteriorly; edge of chin below lower lip dusky to blackish; spinous portion of dorsal fin may be entirely black, but usually blackish with large pale yellowish blotches in outer part; soft dorsal fin with rows of black to black-edged orange spots, the base of most rays black or with black upper ends of U-shaped marks extending into base of fin; anal fin base with a row of red spots, a red submarginal line, and a small black spot on penultimate membrane about one-third distance to margin; caudal fin with small blackish, dusky orange, or red spots, often with smaller white spots as well (Ref. 57562).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Found in silty sand and rubble areas near reefs at depths of 10-40 m (Ref. 2334, 90102).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas				
				
				
				
				Pelagic spawner.   A monandric species though some small males may develop directly from juveniles indicicating diandry (Ref. 103751).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Ameaça para o homem  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Utilização humana  				
				
				
									
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 20.5 - 29, mean 27.7 °C (based on 326 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00314 - 0.01524), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nível Trófico  (Ref. 
69278):  3.4   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliência  (Ref. 
120179):  Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 90.1 [38.9, 189.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.838 [0.441, 1.526] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.4, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.165 [0.085, 0.313] g/100g; Selenium = 14.1 [5.7, 32.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 64.2 [17.8, 236.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.23 [0.73, 1.95] mg/100g (wet weight);