Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 66 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 19°N - 1°S, 89°W - 48°W (Ref. 55171)
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas; Greater Antilles (including Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cayman Is.), Virgin Is.; Lesser Antilles (island chain south of the British Virgin Islands to Grenada); western Caribbean (ne tip of the Yucatan Peninsula to Colombia, including offshore islands; northern South America (region north of Amazon River including Trinidad and Tobago and off coasts of Colombia, Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension Island.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 12; Radios blandos anales: 6 - 7. Illicium about twice as long as second dorsal spine (Ref. 26938).
Inhabit shallow reefs (Ref. 9710). Commonly found in areas with sponges; background hue of the fish conforms to that of the dominant sponge in the areas and the ocelli look like openings in the sponge. Feed mainly on fishes, but also eat crustaceans (Ref. 13442). A voracious predator, with many color phases used for camouflage. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773). Most common frogfish in the West Indies (Ref. 26938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Oviparous.
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 27.1 - 28.3, mean 27.8 °C (based on 78 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 33.2 [14.6, 80.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.619 [0.309, 1.196] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.0, 22.7] %; Omega3 = 0.182 [0.066, 0.484] g/100g; Selenium = 12.3 [4.9, 32.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 114 [27, 508] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.686 [0.399, 1.116] mg/100g (wet weight);
