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Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848

Quakerfish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Malacanthidae (Tilefishes)
Etymology: Malacanthus: Greek, mala = a lot + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Guichenot.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 60 m (Ref. 128797), usually 14 - 45 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 32°N - 32°S

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Panama and Columbia, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to the Lord Howe and Austral islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 30573); common length : 26.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 37816); peso máximo publicado: 61.16 g (Ref. 124708)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 1 - 4; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 52 - 56; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 46 - 55.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits barren, open areas of outer reef slopes. Occurs in pairs over rocks or sandy areas adjacent to reefs (Ref. 5213). Usually lives in a burrow of their own construction, often under a surface rock on sand (Ref. 48635). Has pelagic stage to at least 5 cm, hence smaller juveniles are not seen on the substrate (Ref. 48635). Benthic and Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9119).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Dooley, James | Colaboradores

Dooley, J.K., 1978. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae) with descriptions of two new species. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. No. 411:1-78. (Ref. 8991)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.5 - 29, mean 27.9 °C (based on 1154 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00537 (0.00236 - 0.01221), b=3.03 (2.83 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 60 [34, 90] mg/100g; Iron = 0.54 [0.35, 0.88] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.0911 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 33.9 [18.9, 60.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 88.8 [32.2, 234.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.29 [0.92, 1.74] mg/100g (wet weight);