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Common names: Chalk bass
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: 54 specimens exported in 1990/1991. Also Ref. 50307.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rq.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sadovy, Y., 1992
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Common names from other countries

Serrano pálido, Guatacare colorao, Kriit-kiviahven, ... more

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> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin récifal; profondeur 12 - 396 m (Ref. 9710), usually 18 - 90 m (Ref. 7251). Tropical; 32°N - 7°N, 99°W - 59°W

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Bahamas, Honduras and Virgin Islands; probably widespread in Caribbean reef areas. Including Antilles (Ref. 26938).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9710)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12.

Found over rubble, silty or sandy bottoms (Ref. 9710). Often in small groups hovering over a patch of coral rubble or an old conch shell (Ref. 13442). Feeds on plankton (Ref. 9710). Synchronously hermaphroditic. Difficult to approach (Ref. 9710).

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Pelagic spawner.

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborateurs

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 August 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.3 - 28, mean 26.6 (based on 314 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00514 - 0.02340), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Serranus tortugarum Longley, 1935