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Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)

Blue parrotfish
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> 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).

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

marien rifbewoner; diepte 3 - 25 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 39°N - 24°S, 98°W - 31°W

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Western Atlantic: Maryland in the USA, Bermuda and Bahamas to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 13628), including the West Indies (Ref. 3802); absent in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm ?, range 31 - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 7251); common length : 35.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 3802)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale stekels (totaal): 9; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal): 10; Anale stekels 2; Anale zachte stralen: 9. Adults uniformly blue, with yellow area on top of head that disappears in larger fish. Large fish develop prominent bulging snout and extended upper and lower caudal fin lobes. No other species has this uniform blue color in adults. (Ref. 26938).

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

Inhabits coral reefs. Juveniles found on Thalassia beds (Ref. 13628). Feeds on benthic plants and small organisms in the sand (Ref. 5521). Forms large spawning aggregations (Ref. 9710).

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

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Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97. (Ref. 35918)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 September 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 4690)





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.1 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 685 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00753 - 0.02307), b=3.04 (2.89 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179):  Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 21.2 [13.4, 36.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.618 [0.415, 0.940] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.7, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.0733 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 24.4 [14.4, 40.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.2 [7.6, 89.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.64 [1.22, 2.15] mg/100g (wet weight);