Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 1 - 100 m (Ref. 26999). Subtropical
Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Pointe Noire, Congo and including the Azores, and Cape Verde. Records from Annobon are questionable.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4510); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26999)
Found in shallow rocky areas (Ref. 4570).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster, 1990. Scorpaenidae. p. 665-679. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4510)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 19.2 - 28, mean 26.3 °C (based on 102 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00626 - 0.02776), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).