Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 90 m (Ref. 37816), usually 15 - 30 m (Ref. 9680). Tropical; 30°N - 30°S
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales. Not present in Hawaii (Ref. 9680). Southeast Atlantic: southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 4423).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 14 - 16; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 14 - 16. Spines short (Ref. 1602). Several yellow-edged dark blotches on body (Ref. 559). D. liturosus differs from D. hystrix by its shorter spines and color (Ref. 37816).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Inhabits reef edges and slopes (Ref. 6113, 48637). Hides in caves and ledges during the day and forages at night (Ref. 9680). Also found below plate-corals during the day and often deep, ranging to at least 40 meters depth. Juveniles occur in lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 48637). Solitary. Feeds on crustaceans and mollusks. Not usually marketed (Ref. 9680).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5313 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.04786 (0.01950 - 0.11750), b=2.82 (2.61 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 30.1 [13.0, 71.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.568 [0.289, 1.262] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.3, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.109 [0.055, 0.204] g/100g; Selenium = 52.1 [26.5, 109.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 30.1 [8.7, 111.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.869 [0.589, 1.298] mg/100g (wet weight); |