Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical
Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan (Mexico) to northern South America (Ref. 7251). Also Antilles, Caribbean to Brazil (Ref. 26938).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)
Found in rocky or coral bottoms with clear water (Ref. 13628).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 646 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00196 - 0.01224), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 94.9 [35.3, 202.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.757 [0.383, 1.471] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.144 [0.069, 0.295] g/100g; Selenium = 8.9 [3.3, 23.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 120 [32, 474] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.5 [0.8, 2.4] mg/100g (wet weight);