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Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) >
Labridae (Wrasses) > Scarinae
Etymology: Sparisoma: Latin, sparus = a fish with a golden head + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 2 - 20 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 33°N - 8°N, 98°W - 51°W
Western Atlantic: throughout the Caribbean Sea.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?, range 15 - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); common length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3802)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 9; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 9. Adults of both sexes have distinct white spot behind base of dorsal fin; super males with red line from corner of mouth to below back of eye; and 2 or more jet-black spots on side above pectoral fin (Ref. 26938). The smaller color phase is brown or greenish brown with a dark blue cast on the back and sides, becoming red ventrally (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits coral reefs, young usually in adjacent seagrass beds. Often rests on the bottom (Ref. 9710). Feeds on plants. Solitary or in small groups. A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
A monandric species (Ref. 55367). Length at sex change = 17.5 cm TL (Ref. 55367). Forms harem groups composed of a single male and several smaller females (Ref. 55367). Also Ref. 103751.
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 26.3 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 491 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00715 - 0.01930), b=3.10 (2.96 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.0 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 5.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.20).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 40.6 [20.6, 87.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.787 [0.395, 1.416] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [17, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.158 [0.082, 0.289] g/100g; Selenium = 13.4 [6.2, 28.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 34.2 [9.1, 126.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.27 [0.82, 2.21] mg/100g (wet weight);
