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Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Serranus: Latin, serran, serranus, saw and a fish of genus Serranus (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Albertus Hutchinson Baldwin (1865–1935) was an American artist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Evermann & Marsh.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 80 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 33°N - 36°S, 99°W - 28°W
Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to southeastern Brazil (Ref. 57756).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13. Lower side has4 square black blotches, each with red bar (yellowish in deep water) below it.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits rocky and weedy areas. Synchronously hermaphroditic. Feeds on caridean shrimp and small fish (Ref. 5521).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Pelagic spawner. This species exhibits a combination of simultaneous and sequential hermaphroditism. Smaller individuals within a social group are simultaneous hermaphrodites, while the largest often lose female function and reproduce exclusively as a male (Ref. 103751).
Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 22.4 - 28, mean 26.9 °C (based on 330 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00518 - 0.02319), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.1 ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 91.6 [47.8, 182.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.741 [0.377, 1.306] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.6, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.202 [0.122, 0.334] g/100g; Selenium = 28.4 [14.9, 55.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 151 [47, 528] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.45 [0.96, 2.14] mg/100g (wet weight);