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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 / ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ / distribution range					
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					ສັດທະເລ ກ່ຽວກັນຫີນ;  ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ 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 / ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / Age
				
				
				
					ການຈະເລີນເຕັມໄວ: Lm ?, range 16 - ? cm
 Max length : 35.0 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 9710); common length : 18.0 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 3802)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					ຄີ (ໜາມ)ແຂງຢູ່ຫຼັງປາ (ທັງໝົດ) : 9; ຄີຫຼັງຂອງປາ (ຄີອ່ອນ) (ທັງໝົດ) : 10; ຄີ(ໜາມ) ແຂງຢູ່ຄີກົ້ນປາ
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ຄວາມຖີ່ຂອງກຸ່ມຖ່າຍທອດພັນ
ປາທີ່ມີການເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍຈາກທະເລໄປຫານ້ຳຈືດ ແລະນ້ຳຈືດຫາທະເລ
ປາທີ່ມີການເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍຈາກທະເລແລະໄປໄຂ່ຢູ່ນ້ຳຈືດ
ຄີກົ້ນຂອງປາ
ສັດທີ່ມີກະດູກສັນຫັຼງ
ການຖ່າຍທອດທາງກຳມະພັນຈາກພໍ່ແມ່ຫາລູກ: 3; ຄີກົ້ນຂອງປາ: 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					
					ການຈະເລີນເຕັມໄວ | ການສືບພັນ | ການວາງໄຂ່ | ໄຂ່ | ຄວາມດົກຂອງໄຂ່ປາ | ຕົວອ່ອນ				
				
				
				
				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 (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
123201): 26.3 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 645 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
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).
					
					ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
69278):  2.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.					
											
				
				
										
						ຄວາມຢືດຢຸ່ນ  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
120179):  ສູງ, ປະຊາກອນຕຳ່ສຸດທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງໜ້ອຍກວ່າ 15 ເດືອນ (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);