Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 2 - 25 m. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Red Sea. Reported from the Gulf of Aden.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9710); common length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5450)
Commonly found on reef flats (Ref. 9710). Usually solitary or in pairs in areas with rich coral growth. Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Feed mainly on coral polyps (Ref. 4858). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884).
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.7 - 29.2, mean 27.2 °C (based on 513 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01133 - 0.04632), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.61 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 84 [44, 129] mg/100g; Iron = 0.742 [0.443, 1.188] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.6, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.112 [0.070, 0.173] g/100g; Selenium = 30.2 [17.4, 55.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48.2 [14.6, 156.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.27 [0.87, 1.82] mg/100g (wet weight);