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Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers) > Monotaxinae
Eponymy: Dr J C D Watts worked at the Tropical Fish Culture Research Institute, Malacca, Malaysia and at the Fisheries Development and Research Unit, Freetown, Sierra Leone. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Smith.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 200 m (Ref. 86942). Deep-water; 35°N - 34°S
Indo-West Pacific: tropical, known only from a few scattered localities.
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm 31.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2295); common length : 35.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2295)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 10. The inner surface of the pectoral fin axil without scales. Overall color is silvery-gray with yellowish suffusion; scale margins are narrowly brownish. Indistinct dark blotches or bars are sometimes apparent on the body. The lips are whitish to yellow. The fins are yellow, faint brown spotting may be present on soft dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. A narrow blackish bar runs across the base of the pectoral fin.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: oval.
Inhabits the outer edge of the continental shelf. Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates and small fishes. Caught mainly with bottom longlines and bottom trawls (Ref. 9775).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Carpenter, K.E. and G.R. Allen, 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 9. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(9):118 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 2295)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01905 (0.00678 - 0.05356), b=2.96 (2.72 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.52 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
3.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Very high.
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Nutrienti (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 7.76 [3.70, 20.47] mg/100g; Iron = 0.227 [0.089, 0.528] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.9, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.157 [0.067, 0.348] g/100g; Selenium = 11.4 [3.9, 31.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.7 [2.0, 110.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.323 [0.185, 0.529] mg/100g (wet weight); |