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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 / εύρος βάθους / distribution range					
						Οικολογία					
				
				
				
					Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α). Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Southwest Atlantic:  endemic to Brazil.
				
				
			
			
				
					Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
				
				
				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 33.2 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 40827)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία					
				
				
				
					Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 9; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 10; Εδρικές άκανθες: 3; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 9; Σπόνδυλοι: 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.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες				
				
				
				
				Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Αναφ. 
82804):  PD
50 = 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).
					
										
				
					
											
				
				
										
						Ελαστικότητα  (Αναφ. 
120179):  Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 
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						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);