Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre pelagic-neritic; rango de profundidad 15 - 100 m (Ref. 30573). Tropical; 30°N - 21°S, 36°E - 178°W
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 2871, 5213, 30573) to Southeast Asia, north to Japan, south to Queensland, Australia. Reported from Fiji (Ref. 12743).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm 15.0  range ? - 19.2 cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2872); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2872)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8 - 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 20 - 22; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 25 - 28. Silvery grey with blue iridescence dorsally, silvery white ventrally; upper part of gill cover with a dusky black spot; fins pale yellow. Mouth large and oblique.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Found in coastal waters down to a depth of about 100 m (Ref. 30573) and between 15-90 m in western Indonesia (Ref. 12260). Feeds on sand-dwelling animals (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh and dried salted.
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: comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 25.3 - 28.6, mean 27.6 °C (based on 746 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00948 - 0.01833), b=2.94 (2.85 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.2 ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.6-1.1;).
Prior r = 0.75, 95% CL = 0.49 - 1.12, Based on 5 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): High vulnerability (65 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 157 [98, 292] mg/100g; Iron = 1.74 [1.04, 2.72] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [18.2, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.314 [0.186, 0.547] g/100g; Selenium = 50.3 [25.4, 103.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.9 [7.9, 57.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.2 [0.9, 1.7] mg/100g (wet weight);