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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ac.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://caricom-fisheries.com/antigua-fisheries/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Courtenay, W.R. and H.F. Sahlman, 1978
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Gorette mèche, Cottonwick, Comical grunt, ... more

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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Haemulon: Greek, haimaleos = bloody (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin récifal; profondeur 3 - 50 m (Ref. 9626). Subtropical; 34°N - 12°S, 99°W - 32°W

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Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southeastern Florida (USA), and the Bahamas to Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 19.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3798); poids max. publié: 550.00 g (Ref. 5217)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 12; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 15 - 17; Rayons mous anaux: 8. Broad black area above line from dorsal fin origin to tip of lower caudal fin lobe, including upper part of caudal peduncle and both lobes of tail. Striking colored species, with a silvery body, black back and tail (Ref. 26938). With narrow yellow stripes, the broadest mid-lateral (Ref. 13442).

Inhabits clear inshore and offshore reefs (Ref. 9710) and adjacent grass beds, often in schools (Ref. 3798). Feeds on crustaceans (Ref. 3798). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3798).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; Aquarium: Aquariums publics

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.7 - 28, mean 26.8 (based on 288 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.01068 - 0.02961), b=2.99 (2.85 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 2.2 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.3).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758)