Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; estuarina associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 50 m (Ref. 28016), usually 1 - 12 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 30°N - 6°S, 19°E - 112°E
Indiant Ocean: from East Africa, Seychelles, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius and Rodriquez Island; East Andaman Sea off Thailand and Myanmar; Bali, Indonesia.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 1419); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2871); Idade máx. registada: 2.50 anos (Ref. 42001)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 13 - 14; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 10; Espinhos anais: 7; Raios anais moles: 9 - 10; Vértebras: 23. Coloration highly variable; influenced by substrate's color and mood of the fish. Upper greenish to sandy brown, paler below. Color patterns extend to the fins. Spines slender, pungent and venomous. Preopercular angle 88°-98°; cheeks with few scales; midline of thorax without scales between pelvic ridges. Long flap of anterior nostril shortens with increasing age.
Inhabits inshore areas and inner reefs (Ref. 9710). Often occurs among seagrasses to browse on 'aufwuchs'. Forms schools. A food fish that is occasionally poisonous (Ref. 4537).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Woodland, D.J., 1990. Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pac. Fish. (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.6 - 28.9, mean 27.5 °C (based on 745 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.01030 - 0.02933), b=2.95 (2.81 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.3 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (tmax=2.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 32 [16, 70] mg/100g; Iron = 0.634 [0.315, 1.310] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.1, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.149 [0.085, 0.263] g/100g; Selenium = 23.1 [10.2, 49.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 39 [12, 120] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.57 [0.64, 3.06] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.