Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 40 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 33°N - 7°N, 96°W - 58°W
Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida, USA to northern South America; throughout the Caribbean (Ref. 13442). Including Antilles (Ref. 26938).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.0 cm FL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 6937)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 10; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 12. Snout long and pointed. Black stripes and bars forming irregular rectangles on body. Has unique pointed snout and distinct color pattern make it easy to identify (Ref. 26938).
Most common in areas with rock or scattered coral. Solitary or in pairs. Feeds mainly upon crustaceans (Ref. 5521). Synchronously hermaphroditic. The most common member of the genus (Ref. 9710).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Displays facultative monogamy where males are constrained to mate with a single female due to resource limitation (Ref. 52884). Pelagic spawner (Ref. 32216).
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 25.3 - 28.1, mean 27.1 °C (based on 138 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00614 - 0.01704), b=3.04 (2.90 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 50.5 [31.2, 89.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.572 [0.316, 0.948] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.6, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.148 [0.100, 0.221] g/100g; Selenium = 28.3 [18.0, 49.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 112 [41, 346] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.29 [0.90, 1.80] mg/100g (wet weight);
