Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 10 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: tropical waters.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 117080); common length : 30.0 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3287)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 9; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 23 - 27; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 20 - 23.
Adults are common in shallow coastal waters where it often swims near the surface. They form dense schools on clear inner reefs, swimming high above substrate (Ref. 48635). They feed chiefly on shrimps, copepods, decapods and small fishes (Ref. 30573, 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.8 - 29.2, mean 28.5 °C (based on 2765 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00721 - 0.01828), b=2.90 (2.77 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.55 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 146 [81, 356] mg/100g; Iron = 1.6 [0.9, 3.1] mg/100g; Protein = 19.6 [18.4, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.232 [0.126, 0.448] g/100g; Selenium = 29.1 [14.4, 61.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.4 [4.7, 49.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.34 [0.94, 1.93] mg/100g (wet weight);
