Environment: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 10 - 132 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa south to the southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 5469) and east to Tonga (Ref. 53797), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia, southeastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 559)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 10; Raios dorsais (total) : 16 - 17; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 6 - 7. Body mottled light yellowish to orange-brown; juveniles orange-gold (Ref. 5469).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Found on steep slopes and around small coral heads exposed to currents (Ref. 9710). Hovers several meters above the bottom and feeds mainly on pelagic crustaceans, copepods, and other animals of the plankton. Also found around sponges (Ref 90102).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Further histological evidence is needed to establish protogyny (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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 20 - 28.3, mean 26.8 °C (based on 500 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01585 (0.00649 - 0.03873), b=3.05 (2.84 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.31 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 82.2 [41.0, 128.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.797 [0.470, 1.350] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.8, 19.3] %; Omega3 = 0.126 [0.073, 0.216] g/100g; Selenium = 36.9 [18.3, 72.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 115 [32, 413] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.45 [0.97, 2.09] mg/100g (wet weight);
