Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 5 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Atlantic: Bahamas to Cuba, south through the Antilles to Curaçao, and through the Caribbean Islands to the central American coast (Ref. 5521).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5521)
Inhabits sandy bottoms with rocks or boulders (Ref. 5521), seagrass beds, and patch reefs (Ref. 9710).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 531 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 135 [72, 257] mg/100g; Iron = 0.819 [0.464, 1.406] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.7, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.14 [0.08, 0.25] g/100g; Selenium = 14.6 [6.7, 30.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 216 [66, 716] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.25 [1.48, 3.27] mg/100g (wet weight);
