Taxonomic Remarks
Genus B. Mundy, pers. comm.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 4 m (Ref. 9812). Tropical; 31°N - 28°S, 127°E - 128°W
Pacific Ocean: southern Japan (Ref. 9812), Mariana and Bonin Islands to the Hawaiian, Line, and Ducie Islands; Ifaluk, Mariana, and Marshall Islands in Micronesia. Reported from French Polynesia (Ref. 12792).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9812)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 4; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 11. Grey dorsally; silvery flanks; white ventrally (Ref. 9812). Pectoral fins darkish but with bright yellow spot at origin (Ref. 9812, 37816).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabit sandy shores, tide pools and rocky surge areas (Ref. 9812). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Form schools. Feed on seaweeds and some crustaceans at daytime. Tend to move inshore to surface waters at night (Ref. 9812). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Caught at night with strong light and scooped up with hand nets (Ref. 9812).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Tinker, S.W., 1978. Fishes of Hawaii, a handbook of the marine fishes of Hawaii and the Central Pacific Ocean. Hawaiian Service Inc., Honolulu. 568 p. (Ref. 583)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 130160)
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 24.9 - 29.4, mean 28 °C (based on 866 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00970 - 0.02972), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 2.9 ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 56.5 [21.4, 162.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.583 [0.267, 1.446] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.3, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.164 [0.079, 0.352] g/100g; Selenium = 20.2 [10.1, 46.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 76.9 [18.4, 318.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.67 [1.08, 2.59] mg/100g (wet weight);