Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 12 m (Ref. 11482). Tropical
Southeast Pacific: endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11482)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 13; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 12. Bluish grey with blackish margin on gill cover; diagnostic white patch just in front of each eye (Ref. 11482).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Usually seen in aggregations while grazing over shallow reefs (Ref. 11482). May also mix with schools of other species (Ref. 5227).The fine mat of comb-like, bicuspid and tricuspid teeth are used to scrape algae from rocks and corals (Ref. 28023).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 19.9 - 24.4, mean 23 °C (based on 47 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00671 - 0.03258), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), 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 to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 49.3 [23.9, 88.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.587 [0.349, 1.000] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.9, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.0752 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 29.1 [15.0, 60.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 40.2 [9.0, 162.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.41 [0.95, 2.12] mg/100g (wet weight);