Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 171 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 37°N - 9°N, 98°W - 59°W
Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Venezuela, including the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and the Antilles. Probably occurring around Trinidad (Ref. 5217). Rare around islands (Ref. 51183).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217); common length : 22.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217); peso máximo publicado: 275.00 g (Ref. 5217)
Short description
Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total): 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 13; Radios blandos anales: 11. Caudal fin has 3 dark vertical bars. Long filament on nostril. Fleshy tentacle above eye. No other searobin has filaments on the nostril and fleshy tentacles above the eye (Ref. 26938)
Found from bays and estuaries to the mid-shelf.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 22.4 - 27.8, mean 25.8 °C (based on 368 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00220 - 0.01254), b=3.13 (2.92 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 42.9 [16.4, 101.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.659 [0.327, 1.382] mg/100g; Protein = 17.5 [15.1, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.249 [0.104, 0.710] g/100g; Selenium = 19.3 [7.9, 46.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 90.9 [29.1, 295.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.927 [0.564, 1.439] mg/100g (wet weight);