Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 20 - 100 m (Ref. 28016). Tropical; 44°N - 45°S, 25°E - 130°W
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to French Polynesia (Ref. 4795), north to southern Japan, south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and Australia.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 165 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710); common length : 100.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5213); peso máximo publicado: 25.0 kg (Ref. 30874)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 18 - 20; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 15 - 20; Vértebra: 24.
Adults found over coral reefs in coastal waters below 60 m (Ref. 9710, 58534). Form schools. Juveniles solitary, found in surface waters and in estuaries; may mimic jellyfish. Feed on fishes, squids, and crustaceans (Ref. 5213).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.7 - 28.6, mean 27.4 °C (based on 763 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02754 (0.01646 - 0.04607), b=2.79 (2.65 - 2.93), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 6.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K = 0.17).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 23.9 [10.4, 45.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.587 [0.317, 1.205] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [18.5, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.108 [0.063, 0.203] g/100g; Selenium = 50.4 [25.5, 105.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 31.5 [7.3, 121.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.645 [0.418, 0.981] mg/100g (wet weight);