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Ecologie
marien rifbewoner; diepte 1 - 50 m (Ref. 3790). Subtropical; 52°N - 34°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: Newfoundland (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, including the Caribbean (Ref. 3790). Eastern Atlantic.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 7251); common length : 10.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 3790)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 2; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 29 - 37; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 28 - 36. Snout prominently projecting but not very elongate; first dorsal spine originating above posterior part of eye; adult males with two pairs of enlarged recurved spines on each side of caudal peduncle; spines of females only slightly larger than other scale spinules of caudal peduncle (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Occurs in shallow water down to 50 m depth, over sandy and rocky bottoms, but more commonly in grass beds (Ref. 3790). Often seen moving head down among seagrass blades (Ref. 9710). The young are often associated with floating Sargassum (Ref. 3720). Feeds on plants and algae, and also on small crustaceans (Ref. 3720). Rarely consumed (Ref. 3790).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).
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)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: visserij voor eigen gebruik; Aquarium: Commercieel
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01349 (0.00875 - 0.02080), b=2.87 (2.74 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
2.7 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies. |
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179) |
Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Voedingsstoffen (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 35.8 [14.4, 118.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.713 [0.328, 1.784] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.3, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.162 [0.073, 0.328] g/100g; Selenium = 15.5 [6.4, 37.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38.6 [9.1, 169.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.952 [0.572, 1.628] mg/100g (wet weight); |