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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forsskål.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 60 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8883); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450)

Inhabits protected coral slopes (Ref. 9710). Individuals in the terminal phase form harems (Ref. 9710). Feeds mainly on benthic algae (Ref. 3488).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97. (Ref. 35918)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 September 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 27.5 °C (based on 954 cells).

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00907 - 0.02200), b=3.01 (2.89 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 11.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 30.3 [18.5, 52.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.628 [0.417, 0.997] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.3, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.0896 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 19.5 [11.2, 36.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 69.8 [19.3, 237.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.33 [1.70, 3.15] mg/100g (wet weight);

Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775