Taxonomic Remarks
Kyphosus species analogus (E. Pacific) and incisor (Atlantic) in Knudsen and Clements, 2013 (Ref. 95491:65) were considered as synonyms of K. vaigiensis.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 40 m (Ref. 89972). Tropical; 35°N - 38°S, 25°E - 133°W
Circumtropical: from the eastern Pacific across the Pacific Ocean to the Indian
Ocean, the Red Sea and the eastern and western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?, range 39 - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 559); common length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5450)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 10 - 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 13 - 15; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 14; Vertebre: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongate and oval-shaped body; scale rows horizontally along the body appear alternately golden and bluish; metallic blue dorsally and white ventrally; caudal fin moderately emarginated; very low dorsal and anal fins; D X-XI,13-15; A III, 12-14; pectoral fin 17-20: teeth incisor-shaped; scales on interorbital region; external side of first gill arch with high number of gill rakers on lower limb 16-23, upper limb 5-10; total lateral line scale rows 63-80, 52-63 has pores; longitudinal scale rows 56-70; vertebrae: precaudal 10, caudal 16; pterygiophores, anal 13-14, dorsal 22-24. Colour of body silvery with a bluish shine, with golden horizontal lines along the body (around 23-29), dorsal lines above lateral line curved along the lateral line;; golden streak beneath eye from snout to behind anterior edge of eye; fins are grey or slightly darker grey than body colour (Ref. 95491).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Aggregate over hard, algal coated bottoms of exposed surf-swept outer reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 24 m. Found in exposed areas around rocky reefs (Ref. 559); adults usually close to the shore and the coastline, while juveniles are associated with flotsam and can be encountered in the open ocean close to the surface (Ref. 95491). Also found in mangrove areas (Ref. 138854). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Usually in groups (Ref. 90102). Young (up to 5 cm) found among floating seaweed; feeding on small crustaceans (Ref. 559). Adults are carnivorous during summer and autumn but feed on Endarachne binghamiae during winter (Ref. 559). Good food fish (Ref. 559). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30573.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Knudsen, S.W. and K.D. Clements, 2013. Revision of the fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Zootaxa 3751(1):001-101. (Ref. 95491)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 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=0.01820 (0.01138 - 0.02910), b=3.00 (2.86 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
2.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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Nutrienti (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 34 [16, 63] mg/100g; Iron = 0.517 [0.303, 0.890] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.8, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.0772 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 42 [21, 89] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.6 [6.9, 140.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.24 [0.84, 1.85] mg/100g (wet weight); |