Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin; saumâtre récifal; profondeur 50 - 200 m (Ref. 47690). Subtropical; 32°N - 30°S, 30°E - 169°E
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, as far south as Durban in South Africa, to southern Japan and northeastern Australia, east to New Caledonia.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 14.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 47690); common length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 47690)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 3 - 4; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 40 - 45; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 30 - 33. This species is distinguished by its very deep body, almost triangular, extremely compressed; sharp-edged breast; greatest body depth below lateral line at least 4 times greater than greatest body depth above lateral line; anal fin very long-based, commencing at point of insertion of pelvic fins, uniformly very low; dorsal spines (X in juveniles) reducing in number with increasing age. Colour of body with upper sides deep metallic blue, the rest silvery, a row of round to ovoid, dark slaty-blue spots above and below lateral line, sometimes a few additional spots above and below these rows; pelvic fins with a trace of blue, other fins hyaline or slightly dusky (Ref. 47690).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits deeper coastal waters near the bottom on both the continental shelves and around major island groups; sometimes in river estuaries (Ref. 47690, 48635). Found in schools (Ref. 47690, 48635). Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 5213). Readily dries in air without salting (Ref. 4375, 48635). Caught in trawls and by beach seine, but mainly by trawling, often incidentally. Marketed fresh and dried (Ref. 47690). Minimum depth from Ref. 30573.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Heemstra, P.C., 1984. Menidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 3. (Ref. 3465)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 19.8 - 27.6, mean 24.4 °C (based on 503 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02138 (0.00859 - 0.05320), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.5 ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.19-1.2).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
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Vulnérabilité climatique (Ref.
125649): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 27.4 [11.6, 61.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.484 [0.271, 0.908] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [18.2, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.205 [0.114, 0.368] g/100g; Selenium = 17.5 [7.8, 37.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 43.9 [10.1, 182.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.868 [0.548, 1.324] mg/100g (wet weight);