Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 40 m (Ref. 9710), usually 10 - 25 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N - 23°S, 180°W - 180°E
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to East London, South Africa (Ref. 5469) and east to the Marquesan Islands, north to the Mariana Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Colombia and the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 9289).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9289)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 10; Raios dorsais (total) : 12 - 13; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 6. Highly variable in color from pale with grey to black blotches to pink with bright red blotches (Ref. 48636). Pale with horizontal rows of subquadrate dark brown spots; a row of smaller spots on LL between larger spots; small dark brown spots on head (Ref. 5469).
Inhabit areas of rich coral growth and clear water of lagoon, channel, or seaward reefs from below the surge zone to depths of at least 40 m. They rest on, in, or beneath hard or soft corals. Feed on crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 37955). Males are territorial and haremic (Ref. 37816).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Pelagic spawner (Ref. 31569). Spawning ascents into the water column occurred over a distance of 0.3 to1.0 m (Ref. 26305).
Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.2 - 25.9, mean 24.9 °C (based on 42 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00909 - 0.02638), b=3.09 (2.94 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 99.4 [46.9, 167.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.709 [0.395, 1.222] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [17.3, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.134 [0.076, 0.233] g/100g; Selenium = 24.7 [12.4, 52.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 118 [34, 432] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.52 [1.00, 2.24] mg/100g (wet weight);