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Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848
FLAGTAIL BLANQUILLO
Banded Blanquillo; False Whiting; Flag-tail Blanquillo; Quakerfish; Stripetail Tilefish; Malacanthus hoedtii Bleeker, 1859

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Malacanthus brevirostris
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Overview
Main identification features Dorsal rays I-IV,52-60; anal rays I,46-53; pectoral rays 15-17; lateral-line scales 146-181; body long and slender; tail fin rounded; no crest in nape; large, pointed spine in center of operculum.

Light grey above, paler below, yellowish above eye; two black stripes on tail fin.

Size: grows to 32 cm.

Inhabits open sand-rubble bottoms. Usually seen in pairs; live in a burrow of their own construction often under a rock and rubble.

Depth: 5-50 m.

Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from E. Africa and Red Sea to the Americas: Costa Rica to Ecuador, Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 50 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms; octopus/squid/cuttlefish; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=10; Southern limit=-3; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=13; Longitudinal range=15.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 32 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
  • Dooley, J.K., 1978., Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae), with descriptions of two new species., U.S. Nat. Ocean. Atmos. \.
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
  • Guichenot, A., 1848., Sur une nouvelle espèce de malacanthe., Rev. Zool., 11:14-15.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
  • Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
  • Rosenblatt , R.H. , McCosker , J.E. and Rubinoff, I., 1972., Indo-west Pacific fishes from the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama., Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 234:18pp.
  • Rubio, E.A., 1986., Notas sobre la ictiofauna de la Isla de Gorgona, Colombia., Boletin Ecotropica. Univ. Bog. Jorge Tadeo Lozano, 13:86-112.
  • Rubio, E.A., 1990., Ictiofauna Indopacifica asociada a los corales de la Isla de Gorgona., Revista de Ciencias, 2:97-105.
  • Vega, A.J., Villareal, N., 2003., Peces asociados a arrecifes y manglares en el Parque Nacional Coiba., Tecnociencia, 5:65-76.

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 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.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573 ); common length : 26.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37816 ); max. published weight: 61.16 g (Ref. 124708 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 1 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 52-56; Anal spines : 1; Anal soft rays : 46 - 55.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. 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 ).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Dooley, James | Collaborators

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 )

    Not Evaluated  

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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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 ):  PD 50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00537 (0.00236 - 0.01221), b=3.03 (2.82 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (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);

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