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Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Scarinae						
							
							Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Paul Erdmann Isert (1756–1789) was a German botanist, also known for his opposition to the Danish-Norwegian slave trade. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bloch.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range					
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					समुद्री प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त;  गहराई सीमा 3 - 25 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 130582); 33°N -   26°S, 98°W -   31°W				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Western Atlantic:  Bermuda, Florida (USA), Bahamas, and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America; throughout the Caribbean (Ref. 3802, 13628).  Range probably extends to Brazil (Ref. 13628).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age
				
				
				
					परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?, range 16 - ? cm
 Max length : 35.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 9710); common length : 18.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3802)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 9; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 10; गुदा कांटा: 3; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 9. White stripe above upper dark stripe ends at gill opening; upper and lower caudal margins pale (Ref. 26938).  Terminal phase males are blue-green and orange, chest and head pink below a green band at lower edge of eye; median fins with blue borders, the broad central parts orange with linear blue markings (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Found over shallow, clear waters, generally over Thalassia beds (Ref. 13628).  Also found rocky or coral areas (Ref. 13628).  A schooling species.  Feeds on plants.  A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367).  Super males spawn individually with striped females, while sexually mature males in the striped phase spawn in aggregation.			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा				
				
				
				
				Diandric.  Length at sex change = 9.6 cm TL (Ref. 55367).  Forms harem groups composed of a single male  and several smaller females (Ref. 55367).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)				
				 
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 
123201): 26.3 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 645 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (संदर्भ 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00705 - 0.01705), b=3.01 (2.88 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (संदर्भ 
69278):  2.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.					
											
				
				
										
						लौटाव  (संदर्भ 
120179):  ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (Preliminary K or Fecundity).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 36.8 [20.5, 68.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.994 [0.617, 1.743] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [17.3, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.135 [0.077, 0.254] g/100g; Selenium = 10.9 [5.3, 21.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.9 [4.6, 78.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.74 [1.18, 2.59] mg/100g (wet weight);