Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 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).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 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 | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (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);