Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 1 - 80 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 33°N - 36°S, 99°W - 28°W
Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to southeastern Brazil (Ref. 57756).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5217)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11 - 13. Lower side has4 square black blotches, each with red bar (yellowish in deep water) below it.
Inhabits rocky and weedy areas. Synchronously hermaphroditic. Feeds on caridean shrimp and small fish (Ref. 5521).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Pelagic spawner. This species exhibits a combination of simultaneous and sequential hermaphroditism. Smaller individuals within a social group are simultaneous hermaphrodites, while the largest often lose female function and reproduce exclusively as a male (Ref. 103751).
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 22.4 - 28, mean 26.9 °C (based on 330 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00514 - 0.02340), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 91.6 [47.8, 182.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.741 [0.377, 1.306] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.6, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.202 [0.122, 0.334] g/100g; Selenium = 28.4 [14.9, 55.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 151 [47, 528] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.45 [0.96, 2.14] mg/100g (wet weight);