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Prionurus punctatus Gill, 1862

Yellowtail surgeonfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes, tangs, unicornfishes) > Prionurinae
Etymology: Prionurus: Greek, prion, -onos = saw + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gill.

Issue
Synonym of P. laticlavius according to Ludt et al., 2019 (Ref. 121786). The species page will be removed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 35 m (Ref. 27115), usually 6 - 12 m (Ref. 9267). Tropical; 30°N - 14°N

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to El Salvador, including the Revillagigedo Islands.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9267)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on shallow reefs, in schools (Ref. 9267). Feeds on algae in rocky areas (Ref. 9267).

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Krupp, F., 1995. Acanthuridae. Sangradores, cirujanos, navajones. p. 839-844. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9267)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.3 - 28.8, mean 25.3 °C (based on 161 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 35.4 [17.9, 58.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.519 [0.276, 0.935] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.9, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.0888 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 37.5 [18.9, 75.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32 [7, 130] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.22 [0.80, 1.86] mg/100g (wet weight);