Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 25 - 80 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 37°N - 33°S, 89°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: from South Carolina (USA), through Gulf of Mexico to Lesser Antilles.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 3; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 26 - 29; Rayons mous anaux: 23 - 27. Three prominent diagonal grooves running from below and behind mouth nearly to gill opening; light brownish gray with rows of dark brown spots on body; grooves on head dark brown; caudal fin pale with orange-red upper and lower borders and a large orange-red crescent posteriorly (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Inhabits seaward reef slopes, usually well below 30 m, where in some places they are among the most common fish. Young live among floating Sargassum. Solitary or in small groups. Feeds on crabs and sea urchins. Spawns in deep water (Ref. 9710).
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
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 20 - 27.6, mean 25.2 °C (based on 60 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02754 (0.01326 - 0.05722), b=2.91 (2.74 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.5 ±0.29 se; based on food items.
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 = 52.2 [23.7, 116.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.732 [0.377, 1.701] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.0, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.125 [0.062, 0.251] g/100g; Selenium = 35.5 [17.2, 76.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 93.2 [25.8, 330.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.04 [0.67, 1.55] mg/100g (wet weight);