Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Florida Keys, Bahamas, Jamaica, Virgin Islands and Belize.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26938)
Small dark spots on head and body; side of belly has 2 squarish red spots bordered in white figure 8-shaped mark.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found in living coral colonies; one of several small fishes that lives among the tentacles of living corals (Ref. 26938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Smith, C.L., 1997. National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 661 [257, 2,924] mg/100g; Iron = 2.4 [0.8, 6.2] mg/100g; Protein = 17.5 [15.2, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.101 [0.024, 0.439] g/100g; Selenium = 43.1 [8.5, 178.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 82.9 [10.8, 570.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 6.72 [3.03, 12.69] mg/100g (wet weight);
