Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 97 m (Ref. 5319), usually 5 - 30 m (Ref. 5319). Subtropical
Southeast Atlantic: South Africa.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5319)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Found among rocks.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Smith, M.M., 1986. Cheilodactylidae. p. 667-668. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5319)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 16.1 - 22.2, mean 19.5 °C (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00482 - 0.02382), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 159 [83, 299] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.45 [0.92, 2.36] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.2 [17.4, 21.0] % ; Omega3 = 0.418 [0.284, 0.635] g/100g ; Selenium = 27 [14, 49] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 17.3 [7.2, 41.9] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.06 [0.75, 1.49] mg/100g (wet weight);