Christmas Island (AU) country information

Common names: Dusky sweetlips
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Allen, G.R. and R.C. Steene, 1988
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Flesh considered good (Ref. 30874).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/kt.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R. and R.C. Steene, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Diagramme noir, Burro negro, Gibbus sweetlips, ... more

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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Plectorhinchinae
Etymology: Plectorhinchus: Greek, plektos = plaited + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 8 - 25 m (Ref. 58652). Tropical; 30°N - 24°S

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Natal, South Africa (including Madagascar and the Comoro and Reunion islands); Gulf of Aden and the Persian Gulf eastward to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia; Caroline and Mariana islands in Micronesia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 30874)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 14; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15 - 16; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 8.

Found in coastal reefs, sandbanks, and near estuaries (Ref. 30573). Enter freshwater (Ref. 7050). Small juveniles occur along sheltered sandy shorelines where they mimic a dead leaf by drifting on their sides (Ref. 37816). Adults mainly in protected inshore reefs to deep offshore, sometimes swims in small groups (Ref. 48635). Excellent food fish (Ref. 2799).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 August 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 2799)

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3703 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.01110 - 0.03588), b=2.93 (2.77 - 3.09), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.20).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802)