Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 1 - 5 m (Ref. 41041). Subtropical
Western Atlantic: Western Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.6 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 41041)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 23 - 26; Radios blandos anales: 20 - 22; Vértebra: 32 - 35. Narrow interorbital distance (29-65 thousandths of SL), usually less than the diameter of the orbit (60-104 thousandths of SL), versus usually equal to or wider than the orbit diameter in other Opsanus species. Similar to O. phobetron, both usually have the posterior part of lower half of the mouth darkly pigmented in specimens over 7 cm SL. Upper lateral-line papillae 26, lower 23. Pectoral fin glands 12, starting between uppermost 2 pectoral fin-rays (Ref. 41041).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Collette, B.B., 2001. Opsanus dichrostomus, a new toadfish (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) from the western Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (731):1-16. (Ref. 41041)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 26.6 - 28.3, mean 27.5 °C (based on 256 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00180 - 0.01212), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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