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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Coral World Locality: Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel. http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Zexan_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Zexan_u0.jpg Locality: Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel. FB-pic-12023-9768 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-03-06 2000-11-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Zexan_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Zexan_u1.jpg Locality: Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt. FB-pic-12023-9769 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-03-06 2000-11-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat trap fisherman http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Zexan_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Zexan_u2.jpg FB-pic-12023-9770 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-03-06 2000-11-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Zexan_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Zexan_u3.jpg FB-pic-12023-11791 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1996-08-23 2000-11-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Zexan_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Zexan_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-12023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-08-05 00:00:00 2015-07-02 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Often found in groups in coral-rich areas (Ref. 9710) or on rocky bottoms (Ref. 30573). It small and numerous pharyngeal teeth suggest a diet that consists mainly of filamentous algae (Ref. 33204). Occasionally caught by traps and trawls (Ref. 68964). Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz 1997 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO, Rome. 293 p. (Ref. 13710) FB-Distribution-12023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-08-05 00:00:00 2015-04-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to the Persian Gulf; recorded from Maldives (Ref. 11303). Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) FB-Uses-12023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-08-05 00:00:00 2015-07-02 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers 1996 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p. (Ref. 30573) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-TrophicStrategy-12023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2000-04-01 00:00:00 2023-10-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public xanthurum http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diurnal, becoming active after sunrise and ceasing feeding before sunset; feeding activity peaks from midday to late afternoon (Refs. 20680, 186, 189, 12094, 234). Inhabits shallow water areas among coral reefs and rocky substrates. Herbivorous (Ref. 9773). Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 SF457.1 .B3513 1994 Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition. (Ref. 27115) FB-Size-12023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-08-05 00:00:00 2015-07-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 36.7 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 97602)) Al-Badri, M.E. and L.A. Jawad 2014 New fish records from the marine waters of Iraq. Cah. Biol. Mar. 55:431-436. (Ref. 97602) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Jason Vasques General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-12023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-08-05 00:00:00 2015-07-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 9710), usually 2 - 20 m (Ref. 27115) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 SF457.1 .B3513 1994 Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition. (Ref. 27115)