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Monodactylidae (Moonyfishes or fingerfishes)
Eponymy: Bernard Henry Woodward (1846–1916) was a wine merchant in London (1875). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Waite.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Subtropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: southwestern Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33839)
Forms schools in shallow coastal waters.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Gomon, M.F., C.J.M. Glover and R.H. Kuiter (eds.), 1994. The fishes of Australia's south coast. State Print, Adelaide. 992 p. (Ref. 33839)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 17.4 - 20.8, mean 18 °C (based on 22 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7656 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02399 (0.01022 - 0.05629), b=3.01 (2.80 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 121 [61, 208] mg/100g; Iron = 1.44 [0.83, 2.56] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.7, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.283 [0.159, 0.498] g/100g; Selenium = 18 [9, 38] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.9 [3.0, 40.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1 [1, 2] mg/100g (wet weight);