Taxonomic Remarks
Type locality: Baja California Sur, Inner Gorda Bank, 23°02'N, 109°31'W.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 8 - 55 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical; 33°N - 14°N, 115°W - 98°W (Ref. 5222)
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California south to Jalisco, Mexico.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 105 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); poids max. publié: 14.1 kg (Ref. 40637)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 11; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 16 - 18; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 10 - 12. Distinguished by the following characteristics: adults with pale grey to brown with purplish tint underwater; body, median fins and rear part of the head covered with small dark reddish brown spots; faint irregular dark spots on dusky pectoral and pelvic fins; dusky blotches on the dorsolateral part of the body; angular preopercle, with serrate lobe at the angle; posterior nostrils not greatly enlarged in adults; rear margin of caudal fin scalloped, with exserted rays (Ref. 89707).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
Found on rocky reefs. Common on fields of large boulders with gorgonians and black corals. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 89707).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. (Ref. 5222)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: pêcheries vivrières
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 19.8 - 27.4, mean 22.9 °C (based on 30 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00416 - 0.02000), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.4 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Très faible, temps minimum de doublement de population supérieur à 14 ans (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (63 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 20.9 [13.1, 36.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.455 [0.250, 0.763] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.8, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.127 [0.084, 0.197] g/100g; Selenium = 39.1 [21.5, 72.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 108 [38, 346] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.766 [0.534, 1.079] mg/100g (wet weight);