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Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Hemitaurichthys: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, taureia = skin of bull + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: John W Thompson was an artist and modeller at the Bishop Museum, Honolulu (1901– 1928). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 4 - 300 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 31°N - 24°S, 136°E - 130°W
Pacific Ocean: Mariana, Samoa, Johnston, Hawaiian, Line (Ref. 9710), and Tuamoto islands.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9710)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 12; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 25 - 27; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 20 - 21.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Found in coral reefs (Ref. 43239). Occur in schools above steep outer reef slopes at depths below 10 m to 300 m and sometimes above clear lagoon reefs at depths as shallow as 4 m. Uncommon (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on zooplanktons (Ref. 89972). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.02239 (0.01112 - 0.04506), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (20 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Nutrienti (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 87.2 [44.4, 138.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.912 [0.530, 1.555] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.9, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.138 [0.078, 0.246] g/100g; Selenium = 50.6 [24.4, 103.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 67.6 [17.7, 252.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.29 [0.84, 1.86] mg/100g (wet weight); |