Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 5 - 100 m (Ref. 2739). Subtropical; 45°N - 12°N, 19°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and the Canary Islands, south to Senegal. Also throughout the western and the eastern Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm 7.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2739); common length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 26999)
Found over seagrass, sand, mud and rocks (Ref. 2739). Carnivorous, decapods dominate the diet. Adapts well in an aquarium (Ref. 12382). A synchronous hermaphrodite (Ref. 56921).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Manifests synchronous hermaphroditism, particularly, differentiation of the ovary is earlier than that of the testis (Ref. 56921).
Smith, C.L., 1990. Serranidae. p. 695-706. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3589)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 14.3 - 21, mean 18.3 °C (based on 184 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.01013 - 0.01363), b=3.04 (3.00 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 120 [45, 238] mg/100g; Iron = 1.18 [0.64, 2.23] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.5, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.411 [0.259, 0.697] g/100g; Selenium = 25.2 [13.4, 49.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.4 [5.4, 56.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.882 [0.622, 1.305] mg/100g (wet weight);