Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad ? - 80 m (Ref. 127962). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 127962)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is characterized by the following colouration: body and fins are brown to orange-red with numerous small dark-edged blue spots (smallest on fins, present only basally on pectoral fins); ca. 30-50 spots behind and below centre of eye to edge of preopercle; there are some spots on sides of body of adults vertically elongate, and some on head obliquely elongate; the spots are usually absent or few on underside of thorax and abdomen; body usually with seven dark bars subequal to pale interspaces; pectoral-fin rays with dark brown, abruptly pale distally; eyes are narrowly rimmed in blue (may be interrupted); caudal-fin margin sometimes narrowly whitish (Ref. 127962).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Occurs on or near coral reefs and outer-reef slopes, sometimes in lagoons or over seagrass and
sandy areas, to at least 85 m depth. It feeds on other fishes. It is a popular food fish on
Saudi Arabian coast and is heavily fished (Ref. 127962).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2020. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Serranidae of the world with description of two new related families of fishes. FishTaxa 15:1-170. (Ref. 123093)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00498 - 0.02308), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.2 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100).
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