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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); 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 / rango de profundidad / distribution range					
						Ecología					
				
				
				
					marino asociado a arrecife. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Southwest Atlantic:  endemic to Brazil.
				
				
			
			
				
					Tamaño / Peso / Age
				
				
				
					Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 33.2 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40827)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría					
				
				
				
					Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 9; Vértebra: 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					
					Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva				
				
				
				
				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  (Referencia 
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).
					
										
				
					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliencia  (Referencia 
120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (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);