Scarus zelindae, Zelinda's parrotfish

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Scarus zelindae Moura, Figueiredo & Sazima, 2001

Zelinda's 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); zelindae: Named for Zelinda M.A.N. Leão.
Eponymy: Zelinda Margarida de Andrade Nery Leão is a Brazilian marine geologist who is a professor at the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) (1980–present) where she was also a post-graduate researcher (1972). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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Southwest Atlantic: endemic to Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40827)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 25. Predorsal scales 7. Uppermost cheek row with 6 scales. Dark anal fin with white margin. Dark lateral band of IP individuals with 4 white blotches. Terminal phase individuals with an orange stripe on dorsal and anal fins but without the yellow area adjacent to the pectoral fin. Branchiostegal rays 15. Inferior mouth, gape slightly oblique (Ref. 40827).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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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: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 September 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.01023 - 0.03891), b=2.98 (2.80 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 40.6 [20.8, 93.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.752 [0.405, 1.291] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.0, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.0705 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 19.4 [9.7, 38.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 37.7 [8.9, 151.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.02 [1.34, 2.95] mg/100g (wet weight);