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Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) >
Labridae (Wrasses) > Julidinae
Etymology: Thalassoma: Greek, thalassa = the sea + Greek, soma = body; the colour of the sea (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bloch.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 40 m (Ref. 9710), usually 3 - 30 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 27115); 34°N - 7°N, 99°W - 58°W
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), southeastern Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean Sea to northern South America.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26340); edad máxima reportada: 3.00 años (Ref. 3420)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 13; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 11. Body elongate; 3 primary color phases, the smallest with a black mid-lateral stripe which continues as pale red blotches on head; back above stripe yellow on reef fish and whitish on fish from inshore non-reef areas, and body below white. The largest phase, has a bright blue head and a green body with two broad vertical black bars anteriorly which are separated by a light blue interspace; this phase is always male. The small yellow phase with the black stripe may be either male or female (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits reef areas, inshore bays and seagrass beds. Feeds mainly on zooplankton and small benthic animals, but may also feed on ectoparasites of other fishes (Ref. 9626). Spawn at midday throughout the year (Ref. 26938). A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367). Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size (Ref. 5217).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
A diandric species (Ref. 55367). Sex reversal is completed in more than 3-4 weeks (Ref. 34185, 34257). Length at sex change = 8.3 cm TL, forms leks during breeding (Ref. 55367).
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00912 (0.00528 - 0.01575), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.3 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies. |
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Generation time |
1.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (k=0.7; tmax=3). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (20 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Very high.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 75.2 [45.5, 123.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.761 [0.447, 1.351] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [15.8, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.149 [0.100, 0.227] g/100g; Selenium = 32 [20, 56] μg/100g; VitaminA = 77.7 [25.7, 279.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.51 [1.07, 2.36] mg/100g (wet weight); |