Decodon melasma, Blackspot wrasse : fisheries

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Decodon melasma Gomon, 1974

Blackspot wrasse
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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) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Decodon: Greek, deka = ten + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 40 - 160 m (Ref. 9311). Tropical; 29°N - 3°S

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Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 8.9  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); common length : 16.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Body moderately slender and compressed; head large and pointed; teeth caniniform, enlarged, and somewhat crooked, two anterior pairs in each jaw; dorsal fin continuous, with 11 spines; lateral line slightly arched, with 28 scales; body reddish pink; belly paler; a black spot on the flank above posterior edge of pectoral fin; anal fin white (Ref. 55763).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives over sandy bottoms with gravel and isolated reefs. Often caught in the open sea as a by-catch of trawlers fishing for prawns and shrimps. Each individual functions first as a female but later changes to a male (Ref. 47122).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Westneat, Mark | Collaborators

Gomon, M.F., 1995. Labridae. Viejas, doncellasas, señoritas. p. 1201-1225. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9311)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15 - 22.3, mean 17.2 °C (based on 31 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00456 - 0.02002), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 46.6 [28.2, 75.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.571 [0.340, 1.008] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [15.6, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.162 [0.109, 0.240] g/100g; Selenium = 38.2 [23.8, 63.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 107 [34, 383] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.3 [0.9, 2.0] mg/100g (wet weight);