Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 87 m (Ref. 7251). Tropical; 30°N - 33°S, 91°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; throughout the West Indies (Ref. 3815).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); common length : 28.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3815); poids max. publié: 1.0 kg (Ref. 5217)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 12; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 10. Silvery, the scales with iridescent reflections; usually a faint longitudinal banding on a body; a blue-gray line under eye present or absent; no other blue markings; no orange or yellow at corner of mouth; small black spot at upper base of pectoral fins (Ref. 13442).
Found in clear reef areas over soft or semi-hard bottoms. Juveniles are encountered in seagrass (Thalassia) beds (Ref. 9626). Marketed fresh and frozen.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 21.8 - 28, mean 26.4 °C (based on 332 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02754 (0.01723 - 0.04404), b=2.89 (2.76 - 3.02), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.4 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 49.3 [19.5, 92.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.609 [0.292, 1.179] mg/100g; Protein = 19.9 [18.5, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.139 [0.076, 0.257] g/100g; Selenium = 38.3 [18.2, 78.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 39.5 [9.9, 156.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.746 [0.457, 1.141] mg/100g (wet weight);
