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Labridae (Wrasses) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Choat & Randall.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 30 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical; 30°N - 32°S
Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island (Ref. 30874) and Western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9710); common length : 24.8 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 37816)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 9; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 9.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits outer reef flats and exposed lagoon and seaward slopes from a depth of 3 to at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds mainly on algae (Ref. 26993). Females often in schools of mixed species when feeding, males usually seen separate (Ref. 48636).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97. (Ref. 35918)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 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=0.01413 (0.00665 - 0.03001), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
1.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.71; Tmax=6). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 49.1 [32.1, 83.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.846 [0.595, 1.285] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.5, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.0933 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 19.2 [12.0, 29.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48.9 [15.3, 159.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.44 [1.86, 3.16] mg/100g (wet weight); |