Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser riff-verbunden; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 8 - 186 m (Ref. 9710), usually 18 - ? m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 30°N - 32°S
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa through northern Australia to the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Pitcain Islands; north to southern Japan.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 9710); common length : 26.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5450)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 3; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 27 - 31; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 24 - 28. Juveniles sand-colored with numerous thin black pinstripes (Ref. 1602); adult males with an oblique yellow band from the corner of mouth backward and another under the chin (Ref. 4420).
Inhabit coastal rocky reefs, often silty habitats and in lagoons on open sand (Ref. 48637). Solitary (Ref. 90102). Found over sand and rubble patches of seaward reefs (Ref. 205). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on echinoids, fishes, mollusks, tunicates, crustaceans, algae, polychaete worms, foraminiferans and detritus. Oviparous (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Females are territorial, solely tending and guarding the eggs (Ref. 116451). Males exhibit polygyny (Ref. 116451).
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: weniger kommerziell; Aquarium: Kommerziell
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.4 - 28.9, mean 27.5 °C (based on 2060 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02512 (0.01557 - 0.04053), b=2.94 (2.80 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 34.7 [14.6, 91.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.549 [0.284, 1.238] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.3, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.133 [0.067, 0.261] g/100g; Selenium = 45.7 [22.9, 95.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 52.4 [14.7, 198.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.911 [0.612, 1.365] mg/100g (wet weight);
