Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range					
						Ecologia					
				
				
				
					marinhas associadas(os) a recifes;  intervalo de profundidade 0 - 43 m (Ref. 89972), usually 2 - 15 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 30°N -   28°S				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Pacific Ocean:  Ryukyus, Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands and Taiwan to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Pitcairn islands, south to the Samoan and Austral Islands; Marianas and Marshalls in Micronesia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Tamanho / Peso / Idade
				
				
				
					Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 16.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9710)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Espinhos dorsais (total) : 13 - 14; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 20 - 23; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 16 - 18. 
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Found almost exclusively on exposed seaward reefs (Ref. 205).  Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).  Feed mainly on polyps of Pocillopora.  Solitary or in pairs.  Oviparous (Ref. 205), monogamous (Ref. 52884).  Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas				
				
				
				
				Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Monogamous mating is observed as obligate, genetic and social (Ref. 52884).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Ameaça para o homem  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Utilização humana  				
				
				
					Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 24.7 - 29.4, mean 27.9 °C (based on 991 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01133 - 0.04632), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nível Trófico  (Ref. 
69278):  4.2   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliência  (Ref. 
120179):  Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 94.9 [47.4, 172.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.794 [0.437, 1.393] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.138 [0.079, 0.237] g/100g; Selenium = 32 [16, 64] μg/100g; VitaminA = 58 [16, 205] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.18 [0.77, 1.78] mg/100g (wet weight);