Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 29°N - 13°S
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Isla San Lorenzo, Callao, Peru and the Galapagos Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.5 cm SL (female); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9352); max. published weight: 0.00 g
Found on sandy bottoms, may bury in sand during the day. "Walks" about on spines of ventral fins (Ref. 5227).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Bussing, W.A., 1995. Triglidae. Rubios. p. 1643-1648. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9352)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 22.3 - 29.1, mean 26.8 °C (based on 210 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00607 - 0.01892), b=3.00 (2.85 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 73.6 [39.0, 160.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.665 [0.347, 1.781] mg/100g; Protein = 17.3 [14.8, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.212 [0.096, 0.573] g/100g; Selenium = 25.3 [13.9, 62.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 129 [47, 340] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.42 [0.99, 2.03] mg/100g (wet weight);