Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 66 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 19°N - 1°S, 89°W - 48°W (Ref. 55171)
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas; Greater Antilles (including Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cayman Is.), Virgin Is.; Lesser Antilles (island chain south of the British Virgin Islands to Grenada); western Caribbean (ne tip of the Yucatan Peninsula to Colombia, including offshore islands; northern South America (region north of Amazon River including Trinidad and Tobago and off coasts of Colombia, Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension Island.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7251)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 12; Raggi anali molli: 6 - 7. Illicium about twice as long as second dorsal spine (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Inhabit shallow reefs (Ref. 9710). Commonly found in areas with sponges; background hue of the fish conforms to that of the dominant sponge in the areas and the ocelli look like openings in the sponge. Feed mainly on fishes, but also eat crustaceans (Ref. 13442). A voracious predator, with many color phases used for camouflage. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773). Most common frogfish in the West Indies (Ref. 26938).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Oviparous.
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: pesca di sussistenza; Acquario: Commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 27.1 - 28.3, mean 27.8 °C (based on 78 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02692 (0.01067 - 0.06789), b=2.96 (2.73 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 4.3 ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 33.2 [14.6, 80.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.619 [0.309, 1.196] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.0, 22.7] %; Omega3 = 0.182 [0.066, 0.484] g/100g; Selenium = 12.3 [4.9, 32.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 114 [27, 508] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.686 [0.399, 1.116] mg/100g (wet weight);