Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 100 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 38°N - 33°S
Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; not occurring in Bermuda.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26340); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 12; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 5. Occipital pit present; two spines on part of preorbital overlapping maxillary; supplemental preopercular spine present; dark brown spots on inner part of pectoral fin (Ref. 13608).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Commonly found in bays, harbors, and on the continental shelf. Inhabits soft bottoms. Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Venomous
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 21.8 - 27.9, mean 25.5 °C (based on 528 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.00638 - 0.02853), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.8 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 45.5 [23.3, 98.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.542 [0.289, 1.536] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.9, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.215 [0.098, 0.569] g/100g; Selenium = 36.2 [19.8, 87.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 114 [40, 307] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.2 [0.8, 1.7] mg/100g (wet weight);