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Haemulon vittatum (Poey, 1860)

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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Haemulon: Greek, haimaleos = bloody (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 15 - 50 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 33°N - 8°N, 89°W - 59°W

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to northern South America. Also Caribbean, including Antilles (Ref. 26938).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26340); common length : 18.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 14 - 15; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 9. Spindle-shaped fish with a deeply forked tail and an extremely protrusible mouth. Dorsal fins close together (Ref. 13442).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs in open water (Ref. 9710); sometimes found near the coast, mainly near oceanic islands (Ref. 5217). Sometimes found over coral heads (Ref. 9710). Feeds on zooplankton and small fishes. Marketed fresh.

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Rocha, L.A., K.C. Lindeman, C.R. Rocha and H.A. Lessios, 2008. Historical biogeography and speciation in the reef fish genus Haemulon (Teleostei: Haemulidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 48:918-928. (Ref. 84214)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; carnada: occasionally
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.9 - 28, mean 26.7 °C (based on 86 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 66.5 [26.7, 138.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.719 [0.358, 1.364] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.5, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.0892 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 31.4 [15.7, 65.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 143 [51, 420] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.36 [0.87, 2.12] mg/100g (wet weight);