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Gramma melacara Böhlke & Randall, 1963

Blackcap basslet
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> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Grammatidae (Basslets)
Etymology: Gramma: Greek, gramma, atos = signal, mark (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Böhlke & Randall.

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 10 - 180 m (Ref. 85755), usually 20 - 60 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115)

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Western Central Atlantic: West Indies including the Bahamas and Central America.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 13; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 9.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

A solitary species (Ref. 26340) found on nearly vertical cliffs and drop-offs beyond outer reefs. Often upside-down. Retreats into recesses when alarmed (Ref. 9710). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420). Most common in water more than 30 m deep. Gradually replaces G. loreto at depths of 15-30 m (Ref. 26938).

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά); Ενυδρείο: Εμπορικό(ά)
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.6 - 27.9, mean 26.7 °C (based on 168 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5313   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 114 [54, 181] mg/100g; Iron = 0.71 [0.41, 1.21] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [17.0, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.12 [0.07, 0.21] g/100g; Selenium = 37.4 [16.4, 78.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 153 [48, 478] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.94 [1.28, 2.77] mg/100g (wet weight);