Chirodactylus spectabilis, Red moki : fisheries
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Chirodactylus spectabilis (Hutton, 1872)

Red moki
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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Latridae (Trumpeters)
Etymology: Chirodactylus: Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, daktylos = finger (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 9563). Temperate

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Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and southern Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9563); max. reported age: 59 years (Ref. 31614)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on shallow reefs (Ref. 9563).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006. Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.3 - 20.5, mean 17.6 °C (based on 126 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.00650 - 0.02933), b=2.96 (2.76 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tmax=59).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):   (0 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 14.9 [8.0, 28.0] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.18 [0.11, 0.31] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.5 [16.5, 20.5] % ; Omega3 = 0.463 [0.268, 0.793] g/100g ; Selenium = 18.2 [8.8, 37.6] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 11.8 [3.5, 41.6] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.402 [0.263, 0.610] mg/100g (wet weight);