Prionurus scalprum, Scalpel sawtail : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes, 1835

Scalpel sawtail
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> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Prionurinae
Etymology: Prionurus: Greek, prion, -onos = saw + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina, usually 2 - 20 m (Ref. 27115). Subtropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115)

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Northwest Pacific: Matsushima Bay, Japan to Taiwan.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 9; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 22 - 24; Spine anali: 3 - 4; Raggi anali molli: 21 - 23. Body roundish in young, becoming ovate with age. Forehead without rostral prominence even in adult. Caudal peduncle relatively deep and compressed without dorsal and ventral precaudal depressions. Four or 5 bony plates are on each side of the caudal peduncle. Posterior 3 or 4 plates with feeble triangular keels.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Often found in groups in shallow, surge rocky areas (Ref. 9710). Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland (Ref. 57406).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Randall, John E. | Collaboratori

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 07 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 57406)





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 17.7 - 26.6, mean 22.5 °C (based on 96 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 25.2 [12.1, 50.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.543 [0.277, 1.082] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.6, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.14 [0.08, 0.27] g/100g; Selenium = 16.5 [7.0, 36.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.8 [4.3, 95.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.86 [0.53, 1.42] mg/100g (wet weight);