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Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Caesioninae
Etymology: Caesio: Latin, caesius, bluish-grey, 1835; it is the same name given to the silvery metal (Cs) (Ref. 45335).
Taxonomic Remarks
previously as C. caerulaurea
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; non migrateur; profondeur 2 - 25 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 29°N - 29°S, 32°E - 115°E
Indian Ocean: East Africa, including the Red Sea and the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, to western Indonesia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 402)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 14 - 16; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 11 - 13.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits deep lagoons and seaward reefs. Feeds on zooplankton in midwater aggregations. Forms schools with other caesionids. Oviparous, with numerous, small pelagic eggs (Ref. 402). Juveniles used as tuna bait fish.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Carpenter, K.E., 1987. Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (15):56 p. (Ref. 1723)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; appât: occasionally
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01175 (0.00519 - 0.02659), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 55.4 [36.2, 82.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.712 [0.467, 1.044] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [18.1, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.129 [0.088, 0.186] g/100g; Selenium = 28.6 [18.0, 49.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 101 [41, 254] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.13 [0.82, 1.50] mg/100g (wet weight); |