Issue
Genus according to Matsuura (Ref. 9806).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 2 - 80 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 19°N - 20°S
Western Pacific: Sri Lanka (Ref. 1550) and Sumatra to Fiji, north to the Philippines; Palau and Truk in Micronesia. Matsuura 1999, pers. comm. strongly doubts its distribution in the southern GBR (as reported in Lieske & Meyers 1994, Ref. 9710) and does not know of any reliable record of this species from East Africa.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2334)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 9. Has a small protuberance above the mouth and a distinctly concave snout profile.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Found around rocky and sandy substrates (Ref. 1602). Solitary, also found in sheltered bays exposed to heavy silt and mud bottoms of coastal trawling grounds (Ref. 90102).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Matsuura, K., 2001. Ostraciidae. Boxfishes. p. 3948-3951. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9806)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 26.7 - 29, mean 28.2 °C (based on 1104 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03548 (0.01723 - 0.07305), b=2.81 (2.62 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 47.6 [20.5, 105.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.655 [0.340, 1.443] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [15.8, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.057, 0.215] g/100g; Selenium = 41.8 [21.8, 87.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48 [13, 176] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.23 [0.83, 1.81] mg/100g (wet weight);