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Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Hemitaurichthys: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, taureia = skin of bull + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Randall.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur ? - 45 m (Ref. 89972). Subtropical
Pacific: Pitcairn, Easter and Rurutu in the Austral Islands.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.8 cm NG mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 89467)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 15 - 16.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Inhabit seaward reefs (Ref. 9710); apparently a deep dweller, collected and observed only on a small section of a well-developed coral reef ('The Bear', off Gannett Ridge, north side of Pitcairn); collected with spears and rotenone (Ref. 4858). Feed on zooplankton. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
Randall, J.E., 1975. Three new butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) from Southeast Oceania. U O 25:12-22. (Ref. 10485)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01107 - 0.04526), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 58.1 [26.2, 100.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.876 [0.466, 1.615] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.0, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.178 [0.094, 0.336] g/100g; Selenium = 16.3 [7.4, 34.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.7 [10.6, 175.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.812 [0.496, 1.264] mg/100g (wet weight);