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Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers) > Monotaxinae
Eponymy: Dr J C D Watts worked at the Tropical Fish Culture Research Institute, Malacca, Malaysia and at the Fisheries Development and Research Unit, Freetown, Sierra Leone. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Smith.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 100 - 200 m (Ref. 86942). Deep-water; 35°N - 34°S
Indo-West Pacific: tropical, known only from a few scattered localities.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 31.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2295); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2295)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 10. The inner surface of the pectoral fin axil without scales. Overall color is silvery-gray with yellowish suffusion; scale margins are narrowly brownish. Indistinct dark blotches or bars are sometimes apparent on the body. The lips are whitish to yellow. The fins are yellow, faint brown spotting may be present on soft dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. A narrow blackish bar runs across the base of the pectoral fin.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: oval.
Inhabits the outer edge of the continental shelf. Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates and small fishes. Caught mainly with bottom longlines and bottom trawls (Ref. 9775).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Carpenter, K.E. and G.R. Allen, 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 9. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(9):118 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 2295)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 14.4 - 24.3, mean 19.9 °C (based on 186 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01862 (0.00665 - 0.05211), b=2.96 (2.72 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.7 ±0.52 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 7.76 [3.70, 20.47] mg/100g; Iron = 0.227 [0.089, 0.528] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.9, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.157 [0.067, 0.348] g/100g; Selenium = 11.4 [3.9, 31.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.7 [2.0, 110.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.323 [0.185, 0.529] mg/100g (wet weight);