Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien rifbewoner; standvastig (Ref. 52884); diepte 40 - 70 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical; 24°N - 21°S
Indo-West Pacific: off Kosi Bay in South Africa (Ref. 11228) eastward to the Solomon Islands, north to the Philippines, Palau, and the Marshall Islands (Ref. 33390).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 5591); common length : 16.9 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 37816)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 10; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 13; Anale stekels: 2; Anale zachte stralen: 12; Wervels: 24. Body pale olive-grey, darker above, belly pale blue; bluish violet band joining eyes across front of snout; lips and cheeks blue; upper 1/3 of pectoral fins bluish white, remainder pale yellow (Ref. 5591). This rare species has the deepest body in the genus and a thicker tail than H. cuniculus and H. starcki (Ref. 37816).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Adults inhabit sandy areas at bases of reefs (Ref. 9710). They are considered as rare species that school above huge mounds of rubble that they apparently build (up to 5.5 m long x 3 m wide over 1 m high). Solitary or in pairs (Ref. 90102).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Displays obligate monogamy where a one-to-one pair is established irrespective of resource abundance (Ref. 52884).
Randall, J.E. and J.K. Dooley, 1974. Revision of the Indo-Pacific branchiostegid fish genus Hoplolatilus, with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 1974(2):457-471. (Ref. 9870)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel; Aquarium: Commercieel
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (11 of 100). 🛈 |
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766) |
Very high.
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