Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Tropical; 24°N -
Eastern Pacific: Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico to Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); common length : 9.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)
Found in coastal waters (Ref. 9341).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Poss, S.G., 1995. Scorpaenidae. Rascacios, chancharros. p. 1544-1564. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9341)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.3 - 28.9, mean 26.9 °C (based on 60 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00686 - 0.01753), b=2.94 (2.81 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 241 [126, 566] mg/100g; Iron = 1.32 [0.69, 2.71] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.2, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.396 [0.165, 1.087] g/100g; Selenium = 41.1 [19.3, 112.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 44.3 [14.8, 126.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.5 [1.0, 2.2] mg/100g (wet weight);