Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 3 - 30 m (Ref. 48635). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: Philippines south to Australia and parts of Indonesia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)
Common in shallow waters along mangrove shores to 6-7 m. Solitary or in small groups (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Allen, G.R., 1995. Apogon virgulatus Allen & Randall, a junior synonym of Apogon cavitiensis (Jordan & Seale). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 22(1-2):10. (Ref. 11951)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.4 - 29.3, mean 28.5 °C (based on 2859 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00567 - 0.02929), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±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).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 512 [265, 1,109] mg/100g; Iron = 2.23 [1.08, 4.02] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [17, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.232 [0.108, 0.493] g/100g; Selenium = 50.9 [21.2, 115.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.8 [4.6, 42.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.45 [1.55, 3.69] mg/100g (wet weight);