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Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Etymology: Chaetodontoplus: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, plous, ous, oo = crossing (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: John G Meredith was a keen marine aquarist living in Sydney, New South Wales where he was a PADI dive instructor too. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; non migrateur; profondeur 10 - 50 m (Ref. 48391). Subtropical
Western Pacific: Queensland, Australia. Reported to range south to New South Wales and Lord Howe Island (Ref. 9710).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2334)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 13; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 17 - 19; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 17 - 19. Trunk black; the forehead, snout, breast, and caudal fin yellow; side of the head mostly blue with yellow spots; a wide white bar just behind the head, running from the below the forehead to the base of the pectoral fin; dorsal and anal fins with narrow yellowish to bluish white margin.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits coastal reefs and open bottoms with rock , coral, sponge, or seawhip outcrops to depths greater than 3 5 m (Ref. 9710). Juveniles often among sponges under jetties; adults often in pairs, generally in deeper water (Ref. 9710). Feeds on sponges and tunicates. Solitary or forms pairs or small groups. Occasionally exported through the aquarium trade (Ref. 48391).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.02951 (0.01298 - 0.06710), b=2.89 (2.70 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.00 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 (35 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 35.9 [16.1, 68.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.559 [0.324, 0.970] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.161 [0.092, 0.274] g/100g; Selenium = 14 [7, 29] μg/100g; VitaminA = 47.1 [12.0, 179.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.898 [0.572, 1.360] mg/100g (wet weight); |