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Labridae (Wrasses) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Paul Erdmann Isert (1756–1789) was a German botanist, also known for his opposition to the Danish-Norwegian slave trade. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bloch.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 25 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 130582); 33°N - 26°S, 98°W - 31°W
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), Bahamas, and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America; throughout the Caribbean (Ref. 3802, 13628). Range probably extends to Brazil (Ref. 13628).
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?, range 16 - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9710); common length : 18.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3802)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 9; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 9. White stripe above upper dark stripe ends at gill opening; upper and lower caudal margins pale (Ref. 26938). Terminal phase males are blue-green and orange, chest and head pink below a green band at lower edge of eye; median fins with blue borders, the broad central parts orange with linear blue markings (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found over shallow, clear waters, generally over Thalassia beds (Ref. 13628). Also found rocky or coral areas (Ref. 13628). A schooling species. Feeds on plants. A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367). Super males spawn individually with striped females, while sexually mature males in the striped phase spawn in aggregation.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Diandric. Length at sex change = 9.6 cm TL (Ref. 55367). Forms harem groups composed of a single male and several smaller females (Ref. 55367).
Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 26.3 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 645 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00690 - 0.01664), b=3.02 (2.89 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 36.8 [20.5, 68.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.994 [0.617, 1.743] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [17.3, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.135 [0.077, 0.254] g/100g; Selenium = 10.9 [5.3, 21.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.9 [4.6, 78.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.74 [1.18, 2.59] mg/100g (wet weight);