Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated. Subtropical
Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan, Mexico to Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil (Ref. 13628).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)
Occurs in rocky and rubble shores with algal mats, reefs and seagrass beds.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.5 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 537 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00196 - 0.01224), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 77.8 [30.5, 154.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.726 [0.384, 1.348] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.142 [0.072, 0.274] g/100g; Selenium = 11.7 [4.7, 27.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 87.7 [24.6, 318.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.38 [0.81, 2.16] mg/100g (wet weight);