Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated. Temperate
Western Pacific: Western Australia to Bass Strait, Australia. Also known from New Zealand.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9002)
Inhabits shallow rocky reefs with dense algal cover.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kuiter, R.H., 1993. Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 437 p. (Ref. 9002)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 15.7 - 19.6, mean 17.6 °C (based on 219 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00402 - 0.02604), b=3.05 (2.83 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 17.2 [9.3, 29.6] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.233 [0.149, 0.374] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.8 [18.8, 20.7] % ; Omega3 = 0.366 [0.220, 0.640] g/100g ; Selenium = 10.8 [5.3, 21.3] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 45.2 [13.4, 152.0] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.642 [0.448, 0.929] mg/100g (wet weight);