Scarus trispinosus, Greenbeak parrotfish

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Scarus trispinosus Valenciennes, 1840

Greenbeak parrotfish
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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: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 40827). Tropical

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Southwest Atlantic: endemic to Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 114982)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This species lacks a large pale area on the head (extending from the throat to snout) that is present in S. coelestinus. S. trispinosus has roughly homogenously-colored scales on flanks unlike in S. coelestinus where flank scales have distinct dark margins. S. trispinosus also lack the irregular bright-blue blotches on nape and around the eye. Juveniles are similarly colored as the adults, but bear a yellowish area on nape, similar to subadults of S. coelestinus (Ref. 40827).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in coral, algal and rocky reefs and on algal beds (Ref. 40827).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

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Moura, R.L., J.L. de Figueiredo and I. Sazima, 2001. A new parrotfish (Scaridae) from Brazil, and revalidation of Sparisoma amplum (Ranzani, 1842), Sparisoma frondosum (Agassiz, 1831), Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878) and Scarus trispinosus Valenciennes, 1840. Bull. Mar. Sci. 68(3):505-524. (Ref. 40827)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (A2d); Date assessed: 13 June 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.5 - 27.6, mean 27.1 °C (based on 162 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01862 (0.01050 - 0.03303), b=3.05 (2.90 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 30.6 [19.9, 51.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.67 [0.47, 1.02] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.5, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.0835 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 19.8 [12.4, 31.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 46.2 [13.9, 150.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.04 [1.54, 2.63] mg/100g (wet weight);