Inhabits sandy or low-relief rocky bottoms (Ref. 11228). Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9775).

Indo-West Pacific: east Africa and Seychelles to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia.

Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania

Indo-West Pacific.

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 10

Maximum size: 350 mm TL

35.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2295))

Lower edge of eye is intersected by line from snout tip to the middle of the caudal fin fork. Eye diameter usually about equal to the length of the snout. The interorbital space is convex and about equal to eye diameter. The inner surface of the pectoral fin axil is scaleless. Overall color is silver, sometimes slightly brown dorsally, with about eight transverse brown bars on the sides, the first crossing through the eye, the remainder below the dorsal fin and across the caudal peduncle. Scattered blotches and speckling is sometimes evident on sides. Fins are clear to yellow-orange with caudal margins and tips often deep red.

Inhabits trawling grounds of the continental shelf. Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates.

demersal; non-migratory; marine; depth range 50 - 100 m (Ref. 2295)

Depth range based on 358 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 240 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 5 - 114
  Temperature range (°C): 21.088 - 27.844
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.019 - 9.015
  Salinity (PPS): 34.534 - 35.245
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.284 - 4.701
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.152 - 0.760
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.897 - 11.713

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 5 - 114

Temperature range (°C): 21.088 - 27.844

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.019 - 9.015

Salinity (PPS): 34.534 - 35.245

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.284 - 4.701

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.152 - 0.760

Silicate (umol/l): 0.897 - 11.713
 
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Depth: 50 - 100m.
From 50 to 100 meters.

Habitat: demersal. Inhabits sandy or low-relief rocky bottoms (Ref. 11228). Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates. Marketed fresh (Ref. 9775).

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). In sandy areas and rocky reefs (Ref. 9137).

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.


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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1

Not Evaluated

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus