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Scartichthys gigas (Steindachner, 1876)

Giant blenny
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> Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Salariinae
Etymology: Scartichthys: Greek, skaritis, -idos = a jewel stone with the colour of the fish scarus (Ref. 45335); gigas: Latin, gigas = giant; refers to the relatively large size of adults (Ref. 10696).
Eponymy: Gigas was a giant in Greek mythology, the child of Uranus and Gaea. The name is applied to taxa that are giants of their kind. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 10 m. Tropical; 9°N -

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Eastern Pacific: Panama (Ref. 9280) to northern Chile (Ref. 10696).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - 13 cm
Max length : 25.1 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 122662)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 11 - 13; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 16 - 18; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 18 - 20. With fewer than 70 dentary incisors and a reticulated color pattern.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit rocky coasts (Ref. 9280). They feed on plants, small mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 9280). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are deposited in mollusk shells or on rocks (Ref. 9280). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114). Used to prepare a soup called 'borracho' which evokes slight intoxication and tiredness; these effects, however, are of short duration (Ref. 9280).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaboratori

Hastings, P.A., 1995. Blenniidae. Borrachos. p. 927-930. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9280)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Other (Ref. 9280)





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.1 - 26.8, mean 20.5 °C (based on 113 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00455 - 0.01594), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tm=1 and Fec=100-1000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.