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Labridae (Wrasses) > Scarinae
Etymology: Nicholsina: After J.T. Nichols, 1920-1941, curator in ichthyology, department of Fishes, American Museum of Nat. History; he has wrote articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Eponymy: John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist and ornithologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Evermann & Radcliffe.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 11 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 32°N - 1°S
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador and northern Peru. Also from the Galapagos Islands.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55763); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55763)
Abundant in shallow coastal areas, especially in rocky coasts with macroalgae. May be solitary or swim in loose schools (Ref. 5227). Feeds by scraping or breaking off chunks of the reef and digest the algae that grows within, or they feed directly on algae (Ref. 28023).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Bellwood, D.R., 1995. Scaridae. Loros, pocochos. p. 1419-1426. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9338)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 22.3 - 29.1, mean 26.2 °C (based on 211 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00620 - 0.02676), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 62.1 [37.1, 120.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.764 [0.411, 1.300] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.6, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.0961 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 25.9 [14.9, 49.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 52.8 [15.9, 176.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.83 [1.25, 2.91] mg/100g (wet weight);