Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 85 m (Ref. 9626), usually 5 - 30 m (Ref. 9626). Tropical; 28°N - 25°S, 91°W - 31°W
Western Atlantic: Bahamas to Brazil, including the southern part of the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean Sea.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26340); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3815)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 12; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 10. Dorsal profile of head moderately steep; prefrontal tubercle not well developed; silvery with a lavender iridescence, the edges of the scales brownish yellow and the centers with a vertically elongate iridescent blue-green or blue spot (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Adults often seen over rocky areas or reefs, but also on flat bottoms to about 85 m depth, while the young inhabit shallower waters (Ref. 3815). Feeds on crabs, mollusks, worms, brittle stars and hermit crabs (Ref. 3815). This is the most common species of the genus in the Antilles (Ref. 3815). Important food fish (Ref. 3815).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Cervigón, F., 1993. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. (Ref. 9626)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 25.4 - 28, mean 27.3 °C (based on 212 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01950 (0.01242 - 0.03062), b=2.95 (2.82 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.7 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 45.5 [21.0, 91.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.561 [0.298, 1.114] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.0, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.124 [0.075, 0.208] g/100g; Selenium = 33.9 [17.7, 64.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 58.9 [14.9, 219.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.977 [0.631, 1.411] mg/100g (wet weight);
