Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 10 - 60 m (Ref. 7251). Tropical; 37°N - 34°S, 98°W - 33°W
Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina, USA to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 57756).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); common length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5217)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 13; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 47 - 55; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 16. Very high first dorsal fin with a short base (Ref. 26938). Gray with three white-edged dark brown to black bands, the first running vertically through eye, the second from nape across operculum and chest to front of pelvic fins, and the last beginning on first dorsal fin and running to end of caudal fin (Ref. 13442). Third and widest band from tip of high dorsal fin, curving along length of body to tip of tail (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits bays and sounds; also deep coral reefs (Ref. 9710). Juveniles sometimes inshore (Ref. 9710). Easily approached (Ref. 9710). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420). Feeds mainly on small shrimps and crabs, but also on polychaete worms and gastropod mollusks (Ref. 13442).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 22.7 - 28, mean 25.7 °C (based on 274 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00431 - 0.01217), b=3.19 (3.05 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 73.2 [37.3, 116.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.682 [0.347, 1.133] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [18.2, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.147 [0.081, 0.219] g/100g; Selenium = 33.1 [19.8, 60.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 80.2 [27.1, 259.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.34 [0.94, 1.91] mg/100g (wet weight);