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Rudarius minutus Tyler, 1970

Minute leatherjacket
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 15 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Queensland and Borneo. Reported from the Philippines (Ref. 5454), Indonesia (Ref. 8631) and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6771). Also from Palau (Ref.37816).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 2 - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 28; Anal soft rays: 23 - 24. Body with 6 short dermal flaps. Males have distinctive ocellus above the front base of anal fin.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected from mixed sand-coral habitats. Lives mainly on coastal reefs and most often found on outcrops of coral in sheltered sandy bays subject to moderate tidal currents (Ref. 48637). Occurs singly or in groups among the branches of gorgonians, soft corals, or finely-branched fire corals (Ref. 37816, 48637).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Hutchins, Barry | Collaborators

Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 27.4 - 28.6, mean 28.2 °C (based on 378 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00943 - 0.04220), b=2.93 (2.75 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.9   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).