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Haemulidae (Grunts) > Plectorhinchinae
Etymology: Plectorhinchus: Greek, plektos = plaited + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 55 - 80 m (Ref. 68964). Tropical; 30°N - 35°S, 30°E - 82°E
Western Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf (Ref.80050) and Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar and Comoro Islands. Reported as likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623) but Randall and van Egmond 1994 (Ref. 10685) believe otherwise.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5213); common length : 35.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5450)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 13; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 19 - 20; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 7. Adults silvery with spots; small juveniles with stripes.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Occurs in coastal reefs, sand banks and near estuaries (Ref. 2871). Often in large groups under ledges or along coral slopes by day (Ref. 9710). Flesh with an iodoform taste (Ref. 2799). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 9773.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
Smith, M.M. and R.J. McKay, 1986. Haemulidae. p. 564-571. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2799)
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; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 25 - 29.1, mean 27.5 °C (based on 575 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00626 - 0.02905), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.8 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
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Vulnérabilité climatique (Ref.
125649): High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 33 [12, 63] mg/100g; Iron = 0.509 [0.273, 0.954] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.6, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.138 [0.075, 0.220] g/100g; Selenium = 33.1 [19.5, 55.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 81 [33, 196] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.987 [0.684, 1.458] mg/100g (wet weight);