Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Scyllaridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 10 - 135 m (Ref. 4).  Tropical; 37°N -   35°S, 29°E -   150°W (Ref. 4)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 17.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122423); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Minimum depth from Ref. 4.  It has lengths of 50 cm, total body length; 4.5 and 17 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4).  Fisheries:  commercial (Ref. 91361). Known from depths between 10 and 135 m; probably in rocky bottom (Ref. 4).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 17.4 - 28.3, mean 26.6 (based on 632 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).