| Family: |
Labrisomidae (Labrisomids) |
| Max. size: |
8.2 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine |
| Distribution: |
Southwestern Atlantic: Belize, Central America, and Puerto Rico; Caribbean, to
Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 20-20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 7-21. This species is distinguished from its southwestern Atlantic congeners by the following set of characters: D XX,9-11 (rarely XIX or XXI); A II,17-21; pectoral-fin rays14-15 (rarely 13); length of third pelvic-fin ray contained 2.5 to 3.0 times in second pelvic-fin ray; lateral-line scales 48-56; total nuchal cirri 24-36; pectoral-fin base and midline before dorsal-fin no scales; breast usually fully scaled in males, often naked in females; pores 2-3 from preopercular canal onto opercle. Colouration: pattern dominated by 5-6 (rarely 7), saddle-like bars on body, extending to spiny dorsal fin (Ref. 123106). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in shallo reefs (Ref. 123106), on sandy bottoms and Thalassia testudinum beds (Ref. 13628). Feeds mainly on crustaceans but also on gastropods and worms (Ref. 13628). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 October 2007 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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