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Holocentridae (Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes) > Myripristinae
Etymology: Ostichthys: Greek,osteon = bone + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 37 - 550 m (Ref. 114923). Tropical; 44°N - 29°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: from New York south along the U.S. coast and widely in the Bahamas; including eastern Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to the Florida Keys and northwestern Cuba. Throughout the Caribbean except the northwest quadrant in Yucatan and the Bay of Honduras and the Lesser Antilles; including south to Maceió, Alagoas State, Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)
This species is distinguished by the following characters: 2½ scale rows above lateral line to midbase of spinous portion of dorsal fin; origin of anal fin is beneath spinous portion of dorsal fin; upper procurrent spiniform caudal-fin rays 4, lower rays 3; a half scale anterior to upper half of first lateral-line scale; dorsal profile of head moderately convex; pectoral-fin rays 14–16 (usually 15); lateral-line scales 28–30 (usually 29); gill rakers 8–11 + 14–17; last dorsal-fin spine is longer than penultimate spine and closely applied to soft portion of fin; snout short, 4.6–5.6 in HL; body depth 2.0–2.2 in SL; head length 2.3–2.5 in SL; least depth of caudal peduncle 4.0–4.5 in HL; colour when fresh reddish to silvery ventrally, with red stripes along the body following scale rows and usually narrower than the silvery intervening stripes; juveniles mostly silvery with red stripes limited to upper back (Ref. 114923).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Greenfield, D.W., J.E. Randall and P.N. Psomadakis, 2017. A review of the soldierfish genus Ostichthys (Beryciformes: Holocentridae), with descriptions of two new species in Myanmar. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 26:1-33. (Ref. 114923)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 14.1 - 23.8, mean 19.1 °C (based on 146 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.00692 - 0.04567), b=3.02 (2.79 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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