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Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Balistes: Latin, balista, -ae = crossbowman. In Greek, ballo = to throw (Ref. 45335); capriscus: Specific name 'capriscus' meaning a small goat; probably referring to its 'face' which looks like a small goat (to be confirmed).
More on author: Gmelin.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 100 m (Ref. 7348), usually 0 - 55 m (Ref. 55172). Tropical; 58°N - 37°S, 98°W - 36°E
Western and Eastern Atlantic:
Comprimento na primeira maturidade / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm 17.0, range 13 - 29.7 cm
Max length : 66.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 127374); common length : 44.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 47377); peso máx. Publicado: 6.2 kg (Ref. 40637); Idade máx. registada: 15 anos (Ref. 107826)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 3; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 26 - 29; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 23 - 26. Tall, with a small mouth and plate like scales (Ref. 35388). Three faint irregular broad dark bars on body; a narrow pale transverse band on chin; small light blue spots on upper half of body and median fins, and irregular short lines ventrally (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Inhabits bays, harbors, lagoons, and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). May drift with young at surface among Sargassum (Ref. 9710). Usually solitary or in small groups (Ref. 9710). Feeds on benthic invertebrates like mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 4727). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Consumed mostly fresh, smoked, and dried salted. The flesh is of excellent quality. Because it is resistant to capture, it proliferates and competes for food with other species (Ref. 5377).
Adults guard the embryos nested in sand which hatched in about two days (Ref. 9778).
Smith-Vaniz, W.F., B.B. Collette and B.E. Luckhurst, 1999. Fishes of Bermuda: history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 4. 424 p. (Ref. 35505)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para o homem
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; peixe desportivo: sim; Aquário: Aquários públicos
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 9 - 26.2, mean 17.8 °C (based on 1432 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01919 - 0.02612), b=2.88 (2.83 - 2.93), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 4.0 (2.6 - 4.8) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 20
growth studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.18-0.43; tm=1).
Prior r = 0.37, 95% CL = 0.25 - 0.56, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
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Vulnerabilidade climática (Ref.
125649): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 17.4 [6.5, 68.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.507 [0.242, 1.275] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [18.6, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.212 [0.146, 0.316] g/100g; Selenium = 21.2 [8.9, 47.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 25 [6, 111] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.5 [0.3, 0.8] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.