Taxonomic Remarks
Type locality: Baja California Sur, Inner Gorda Bank, 23°02'N, 109°31'W.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 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.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 105 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); peso máximo publicado: 14.1 kg (Ref. 40637)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 16 - 18; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 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).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 19.8 - 27.4, mean 22.9 °C (based on 30 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.4 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (63 of 100).
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Nutrientes (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);