Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 60 m (Ref. 3197). Tropical; 37°N - 35°S, 25°E - 127°W
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Ref. 3197) to the Hawaiian Islands.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3287); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9137); peso máximo publicado: 8.0 kg (Ref. 3287)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 26 - 34; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 21 - 26.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Adults are found in coastal waters adjacent to sandy beaches; also found to depths of 60 m, often near reefs (Ref. 30573). Pelagic (Ref. 58302). Singly or in small groups (Ref. 48635). They feed mainly on mollusks, benthic crustaceans, and occasionally on small fish (Ref. 90102) that are abundant in the lagoons. Excellent food fish (Ref. 12484), the flesh is rarely poisonous. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
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
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 31637)
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 28.1 °C (based on 1490 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.01224 - 0.01556), b=2.96 (2.93 - 2.99), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.3 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 5.2 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.21).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 24.8 [14.7, 59.0] mg/100g; Iron = 1.14 [0.53, 2.38] mg/100g; Protein = 20.3 [17.8, 22.5] %; Omega3 = 0.173 [0.093, 0.327] g/100g; Selenium = 9.04 [4.21, 19.62] μg/100g; VitaminA = 84.9 [13.8, 505.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.701 [0.372, 1.513] mg/100g (wet weight);
