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Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 5 - 75 m (Ref. 9710), usually ? - 20 m. Tropical; 34°N - 26°S, 99°W - 32°W
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA), and Bahamas to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 13628).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 77.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 13628); common length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3802); peso máx. publicado: 7.0 kg (Ref. 5217); idade máx. registrada: 31 anos (Ref. 130677)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 9; Raios dorsais (total) : 10; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 11. With blue-green teeth. Adults generally black or blue-black, with centers of scales and unscaled part of head bright blue, and blue band between eyes. Only large black or blue-black parrotfish in the Caribbean (Ref. 26938).
Occurs from rocky coastal reefs to seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Often in schools, feeding with surgeonfishes by scraping off algae from rocks or dead coral (Ref. 9710). Marketed fresh and salted (Ref. 5217).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pouco comercial; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 25.3 - 28, mean 27.3 °C (based on 96 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01622 (0.00866 - 0.03037), b=3.05 (2.89 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Muito baixo(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população maior que 14 anos (tmax=31).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 23.8 [15.2, 42.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.624 [0.431, 0.945] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.6, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.0867 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 25.9 [16.0, 42.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 37.4 [11.4, 121.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.83 [1.36, 2.36] mg/100g (wet weight);
