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Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) >
Labridae (Wrasses) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 3 - 25 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 33°N - 8°N, 98°W - 59°W
Western Central Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), and Bahamas to northern South America; throughout the Caribbean Sea.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 32.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3802)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 9; Raios dorsais (total) : 10; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 9. Young adults of both sexes dark gray overall, with broad white stripe slightly below mid-side. Super males have upper pectoral fin margin and upper and lower margins of tail dusky with submarginal band of brownish orange (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits coral reefs and adjacent habitats. Feeds on algae scraped from rocks or dead coral. Sleeps in a mucus cocoon (Ref. 9710). Often seen in groups of one super male with several young adults, most of which are probably females (Ref. 26938). A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Forms permanent harem groups composed of a single male and several smaller females (Ref. 55367). A monandric species (Ref. 55367). Length at sex change = 25.2 cm TL (Ref. 55367).
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pouco comercial; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 26.2 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 528 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00662 - 0.03015), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.6).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 34.6 [22.3, 60.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.758 [0.526, 1.144] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [16.7, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.0836 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 21.8 [13.9, 34.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.1 [9.6, 110.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.95 [1.48, 2.53] mg/100g (wet weight);