Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad ? - 70 m (Ref. 126840). Tropical; 23°N - 35°S, 80°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: Antilles; Southwest Atlantic: off Sergipe, Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26340); peso máximo publicado: 60.80 g (Ref. 118626)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Extremely long rostrum. Dark spots separated by pale lines that usually form a reticulum occurring in patches on the face and sides of the tail and in the pectoral axillae. Lateral line organs in the cheek series 3.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Claro, R., 1994. Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo. (Ref. 26340)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 23.2 - 28.1, mean 27.5 °C (based on 563 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02138 (0.01126 - 0.04058), b=2.89 (2.72 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.4 ±0.55 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 41.5 [20.1, 76.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.536 [0.298, 0.916] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.2, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.114 [0.044, 0.276] g/100g; Selenium = 39.7 [19.2, 85.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 76.4 [20.2, 300.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.12 [0.73, 1.65] mg/100g (wet weight);