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Hoplolatilus purpureus Burgess, 1978

Purple sand tilefish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Malacanthidae (Tilefishes)
Etymology: Hoplolatilus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Latin, latus = wide (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 30 - 85 m (Ref. 90102), usually 35 - 70 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115)

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Indo West Pacific: Philippines south to Indonesia east to Solomon Islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 18 - 19; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 15 - 16; Vértebra: 24. Preopercular serrae 37-48 (Ref. 9933). Greatest depth of body 5.2-5.5 in SL; overall magenta body color; broad, red upper and lower margins on tail (Ref. 90102).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs on sand and rubble patches of steep seaward slopes. Usually in pairs (Ref. 9710).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Displays obligate monogamy where a one-to-one pair is established irrespective of resource abundance (Ref. 52884).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Dooley, James | Colaboradores

Burgess, W.E., 1978. Two new species of tilefishes (family Branchiostegidae) from the western Pacific. Trop. Fish Hobbyist 26 (#263, No. 5):43-47. (Ref. 9871)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.6 - 28.6, mean 27.4 °C (based on 72 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.