Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin; océanodrome (Ref. 51243). Subtropical
Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 55763); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 55763)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 27 - 34; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 25 - 34. Body cylindrical and elongate; possessing an oblong cephalic disk with 14 to 17 transverse laminae; cranium depressed (supporting cephalic disk); dorsal fin with 27 to 44 rays; first gill arch with fewer than 21 gill rakers; body entirely white to pale blue (Ref. 55763).
Found on the body and inside gill chamber of billfishes and swordfishes, rarely on any other fishes (Ref. 2850); also in the gill cavities and mouths of sharks (Ref. 5951).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.9 - 28.1, mean 23.4 °C (based on 1998 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5352 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00257 (0.00110 - 0.00600), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Assuming Fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 39.6 [12.5, 119.7] mg/100g; Iron = 1.21 [0.45, 6.66] mg/100g; Protein = 3.95 [0.22, 7.80] %; Omega3 = 0.269 [0.118, 0.593] g/100g; Selenium = 27.7 [6.4, 78.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.37 [2.13, 20.36] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.752 [0.368, 1.431] mg/100g (wet weight);
