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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 50 m. Temperate, preferred 15°C (Ref. 107945); 32°S - 43°S, 116°E - 153°E

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Indo-West Pacific: Endemic to Australia, from Fremantle, Western Australia to Angourie, New South Wales and south to Blubber Head, Tasmania.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 3 - 9 cm Max length : 20.0 cm SHW male/unsexed; (Ref. 93239)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into lecithotrophic larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults. Also Ref. 833.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

The Academy of Natural Sciences. 2006. (Ref. 3204)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Vulnerable (VU) (A2ac); Date assessed: 14 January 2021

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.2 - 18.4, mean 16.4 (based on 84 cells).

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.29; tm=4.5).

Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients : Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.8, 16.9] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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