Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 5 - 70 m (Ref. 5521). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas and Virgin Islands south to Bonaire and west to Belize.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5521)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 21 - 22; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11 - 13; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 20 - 23. Upper side has series of dark blotches; lower side has series of diamond-shaped markings (Ref. 26938). Males light brown, finely spotted with white, with an upper row of seven irregular dark-edged brown blotches and a lower row of ten smaller brown blotches of irregular diamond shape with pale centers; females have brownish orange blotches instead of dark brown (Ref. 13442).
Inhabit patch reefs or other deeper water coral formations. Usually associated with Condylactis gigantea (Ref. 9710).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Outils
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 25.4 - 28.1, mean 27.6 °C (based on 104 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00399 - 0.02083), b=3.06 (2.87 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 123 [66, 225] mg/100g; Iron = 0.811 [0.479, 1.340] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [17.5, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.188 [0.109, 0.317] g/100g; Selenium = 23.9 [11.5, 46.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 228 [73, 695] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.17 [1.46, 3.10] mg/100g (wet weight);
