Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 50 m (Ref. 28016), usually 1 - 12 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 30°N - 6°S, 19°E - 112°E
Indiant Ocean: from East Africa, Seychelles, Comoro Islands, Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius and Rodriquez Island; East Andaman Sea off Thailand and Myanmar; Bali, Indonesia.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1419); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2871); edad máxima reportada: 2.50 años (Ref. 42001)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 13 - 14; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 7; Radios blandos anales: 9 - 10; Vértebra: 23. Coloration highly variable; influenced by substrate's color and mood of the fish. Upper greenish to sandy brown, paler below. Color patterns extend to the fins. Spines slender, pungent and venomous. Preopercular angle 88°-98°; cheeks with few scales; midline of thorax without scales between pelvic ridges. Long flap of anterior nostril shortens with increasing age.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits inshore areas and inner reefs (Ref. 9710). Often occurs among seagrasses to browse on 'aufwuchs'. Forms schools. A food fish that is occasionally poisonous (Ref. 4537).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Woodland, D.J., 1990. Revision of the fish family Siganidae with descriptions of two new species and comments on distribution and biology. Indo-Pac. Fish. (19):136 p. (Ref. 1419)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 24.6 - 28.9, mean 27.5 °C (based on 745 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.01039 - 0.02907), b=2.96 (2.82 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 2.3 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (tmax=2.5).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 32 [16, 70] mg/100g; Iron = 0.634 [0.315, 1.310] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.1, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.149 [0.085, 0.263] g/100g; Selenium = 23.1 [10.2, 49.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 39 [12, 120] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.57 [0.64, 3.06] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.