Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 5 - 25 m (Ref. 6554). Tropical
Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde (including other islands) and from the tropical West African coast.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6554)
Coastal species (Ref. 27000). Occurs over rocky bottoms in shallow inshore waters. Feeds mainly on small fishes (Ref. 6554).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Oviparous, gonochorous, with pelagic eggs (Ref. 101194).
Fritzsche, R.A., 1990. Aulostomidae. p. 653. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6554)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 15.5 - 27.7, mean 20.2 °C (based on 161 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00166 (0.00071 - 0.00388), b=3.25 (3.04 - 3.46), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 150 [84, 327] mg/100g; Iron = 1.56 [0.85, 2.71] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.6, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.154 [0.077, 0.299] g/100g; Selenium = 84.3 [40.1, 191.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.2 [3.8, 32.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.96 [0.64, 1.42] mg/100g (wet weight);