Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 100 m (Ref. 48635). Tropical; 35°N - 37°S
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and New Zealand.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3392); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3392); peso máximo publicado: 383.00 g (Ref. 132231)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 6 - 7. Heavily armored box-like body and wing-like pectoral fins (Ref. 37816).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Inhabit coastal waters with sandy substrates (Ref. 1602, 48635); a shallow-living species, benthic in adults; only species found in oceanic islands (Ref. 27821). Solitary, well-camouflaged and slow-moving (Ref. 37816, 48635). Feed on crustaceans, clams, and small fish. May be caught using ring nets (Ref. 5213).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 23.3 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 1738 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5235 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00229 - 0.01319), b=3.09 (2.88 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.7 ±0.55 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 0.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=1.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 86.6 [38.6, 195.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.876 [0.407, 2.444] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.142 [0.060, 0.444] g/100g; Selenium = 70.6 [30.3, 174.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.6 [9.4, 93.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.27 [0.80, 1.93] mg/100g (wet weight);