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Scarus compressus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916)

Azure parrotfish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Osburn & Nichols.

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

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 24 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 28°N - 1°S

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Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 68.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55763); common length : 35.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55763)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in rocky, boulder strewn reefs and slopes. Commonly occurs in reefs with reef building stony corals. Feeds by scraping algae from rocks and corals (Ref. 5227). Uncommon species. Only caught occasionally.

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

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Westneat, Mark | Collaboratori

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)

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

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.5 - 29.1, mean 26.9 °C (based on 182 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00674 - 0.03099), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 27.8 [18.1, 46.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.652 [0.447, 0.991] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.6, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.0788 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 20.1 [12.4, 32.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 41.1 [12.3, 131.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.95 [1.47, 2.52] mg/100g (wet weight);