Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 293 m (Ref. 5951). Subtropical; 46°N - 37°S, 98°W - 14°E
Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada south along the U.S., Bermuda, the Bahamas, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and along South America to Uruguay (Ref. 114078). Eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands, Morocco to Angola (Ref. 109259) including Madeira (Ref. 3592).
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm 13.9, range 11 - ? cm
Max length : 36.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 124459); peso máx. publicado: 364.20 g (Ref. 124459)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 2; Raios dorsais (total) : 29 - 35; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 30 - 35.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Found on sand or mud bottoms. Associated with Sargassum (Ref. 26340). Adults feed on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 5377). Edible but generally rejected by fishers (Ref. 5377).
Harmelin-Vivien, M.L. and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Monacanthidae. p. 1061-1066. 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. 3592)
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: pesca de subsistência; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 10.2 - 27, mean 21.1 °C (based on 480 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.01433 - 0.02012), b=2.91 (2.86 - 2.96), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.6 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.37;).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 26.7 [10.6, 86.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.652 [0.305, 1.653] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.2, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.181 [0.082, 0.373] g/100g; Selenium = 23.7 [10.1, 58.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 31 [7, 140] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.845 [0.516, 1.429] mg/100g (wet weight);
