Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina. Tropical; 32°N - 9°N
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida in USA and Bahamas to Panama and Venezuela.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 92840)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 7 - 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 13; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 12. Whitish with a row of five dark yellowish brown double spots on lower side of body; head and dorsal part of body with irregular yellowish brown spots of variable; caudal fin with chevron markings (Ref. 13442); body is slightly elongate; ventral fins completely united (Ref. 92840).
Found on silty open bottoms (Ref. 9710). Shares burrow with alpheid shrimp, usually in open bottom in less than 9 m depth.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
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
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.5 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 534 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.55 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 = 112 [61, 225] mg/100g; Iron = 0.809 [0.425, 1.465] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.6, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.162 [0.074, 0.277] g/100g; Selenium = 24.3 [13.3, 46.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 131 [38, 386] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.82 [1.23, 2.66] mg/100g (wet weight);