Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes. Tropical; 27°N -
Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Central America to northern South America.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9710)
Descrição breve
Morfologia | Morfometria
Dark green, with 17-23 pale green bars. Brownish stripe through eye interrupted by bright red spot.
Inhabits pitted limestone faces and tide pools in surf areas in clear waters. Usually found among spines of rock-boring sea urchins (Ref. 26938). A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Benthic spawner. A monandric species (Ref. 55367). Sex reversal is completed in 3-5 weeks (Ref. 34185, 31410). Length at sex change = 2.0 cm TL (Ref. 55367). Males have a unique paired, secretory, accessory gonadal structures (AGS) associated with the testis (Ref. 103904).
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Aquário: Espécies comerciais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.8 - 28.2, mean 27.6 °C (based on 493 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).