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Randall 1995-10-06 2010-07-23 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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hocun_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hocun_u0.jpg FB-pic-5792-22950 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-15 2000-06-27 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 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5792 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hocun_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hocun_u1.jpg FB-pic-5792-22951 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-15 2000-06-27 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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hocun_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hocun_u2.jpg Locality: Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Ryukyu Is.. 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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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hocun_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Hocun_u4.jpg FB-pic-5792-51598 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2009-08-13 2009-08-13 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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hocun_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Hocun_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-12 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Adults inhabit muddy to rubble or rubble-sand areas of outer reef slopes. They are observed to flock a meter above the substrate and retreat to a burrow when threatened. Stomach contents consist of calanoid copepods (58% by volume), larvaceans (20%), siphonophores (20%), and fish eggs (2%) (Ref. 8991). Sometimes in loose groups (Ref. 48635). Randall, J.E. and J.K. Dooley 1974 Revision of the Indo-Pacific branchiostegid fish genus <i>Hoplolatilus</i>, with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 1974(2):457-471. (Ref. 9870) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-04 00:00:00 2013-03-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Preopercular serrae 30-58. H. cuniculus is variable in coloration, ranging from pale olive brown to yellowish or light greenish or a mixture with some geographic variation (Ref. 37816). Greatest depth of body 5.1-6.3 in SL (Ref. 90102). Randall, J.E. 1981 A review of the Indo-Pacific sand tilefish genus <i>Hoplolatilus</i> (Perciformes: Malacanthidae). Freshwater and Marine Aquarium 4(12):39-46. (Ref. 9933) FB-Morphology-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-04 00:00:00 2013-03-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 29 - 34; Analspines: 1 - 2; Analsoft rays: 19 - 20; Vertebrae: 24 Randall, J.E. 1981 A review of the Indo-Pacific sand tilefish genus <i>Hoplolatilus</i> (Perciformes: Malacanthidae). Freshwater and Marine Aquarium 4(12):39-46. (Ref. 9933) FB-Distribution-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-12 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Indo-Pacific: Maldives and Mauritius to the Society Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef. Fricke, R. 1999 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390) FB-Uses-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-12 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial 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) 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-LifeCycle-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-06-12 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=5792&StockCode=6087 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Displays obligate monogamy where a one-to-one pair is established irrespective of resource abundance (Ref. 52884). Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) FB-TrophicStrategy-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2000-03-02 00:00:00 2008-11-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public cuniculus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Inhabits muddy to rubbly or rubble-sand areas of outer reef slopes (Ref. 9870). Lives in coral suspensions and among rubble, and seek small caves for protection (Ref. 9137). Planktivore (Ref. 33482). Dooley, J.K. 1978 Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae) with descriptions of two new species. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. No. 411:1-78. (Ref. 8991) FB-Size-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-12 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle 16.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) 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/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 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-5792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-12 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=5792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range 25 - 115 m (Ref. 1602), usually 30 - 115 m (Ref. 27115) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) 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)