Taxonomic Remarks
Genus B. Mundy, pers. comm.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin; saumâtre récifal; profondeur 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).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9812)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 4; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 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).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 130160)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 24.9 - 29.4, mean 28 °C (based on 866 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
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).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.9 ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
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Nutriments (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);