Belize country information

Common names: Cottonwick
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Harborne, A., 2000
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve, Turneffe Atoll, South Water Cay Marine Reserve, Sapodilla Cays and Snake Cays. This was observed as a rare species in Belize (Ref. 128811). Also Ref. 26340.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Courtenay, W.R. and H.F. Sahlman, 1978
National Database: Belize Biodiversity Information System

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 Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 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 / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 19.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3798); peso máx. Publicado: 550.00 g (Ref. 5217)

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Espinhos dorsais (total) : 12; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 15 - 17; Raios anais moles: 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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

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

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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)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)

Utilização humana

Pescarias: pouco comercial; Aquário: Aquários públicos

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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).

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278): 2.2 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliência (Ref. 120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.3).

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

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus, 1758)