Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 3 - 13 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Atlantic: Belize to Panama; throughout the rest of the Caribbean. Absent off the coast of Venezuela. Antilles (Ref. 26938).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.2 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 13442)
Body blackish (the intensity of the black can vary from bluish to brownish ). All fins pigmented, including the pectorals.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
A solitary species (Ref. 26340) inhabiting shallow reefs (Ref. 9710). Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 26180). Often found near the bottom around soft and hard corals. Occasionally been seen spawning with the H. chlorurus (Ref. 26938)
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Pelagic spawner.
Domeier, M.L., 1994. Speciation in the serranid fish Hypoplectrus. Bull. Mar. Sci. 54(1):103-141. (Ref. 26407)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 27.9 - 28.5, mean 28 °C (based on 130 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.00686 - 0.04609), b=3.03 (2.80 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 77.8 [42.1, 163.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.638 [0.329, 1.236] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.3, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.124 [0.071, 0.212] g/100g; Selenium = 20.9 [11.3, 44.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 97.8 [25.6, 435.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.23 [0.77, 1.92] mg/100g (wet weight);