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Haemulon sciurus (Shaw, 1803)

Bluestriped grunt
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Haemulon: Greek, haimaleos = bloody (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Shaw.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 9626), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 9626). Subtropical; 33°N - 19°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: Florida, USA to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 18.5, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26340); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3798); max. published weight: 750.00 g (Ref. 5217); max. reported age: 12 years (Ref. 72479)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Head and body yellow with narrow blue stripes continuing along length of body; stripe under eye with distinctive arch. Spiny dorsal fin yellow; soft dorsal and caudal fins blackish; anal fin dusky yellow (Ref. 26938). Scale rows below lateral line slightly oblique, yellow with blue stripes (Ref. 13442).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in small groups over coral and rocky reefs and drop-offs (Ref. 9710). Juveniles are abundant in Thalassia beds (Ref. 5217). Feeds on crustaceans, bivalves, and occasionally on small fishes. Marketed fresh.

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

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Courtenay, W.R. and H.F. Sahlman, 1978. Pomadasyidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), Volume 4. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 October 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)





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Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.5 - 28, mean 27.3 °C (based on 280 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.01184 - 0.01849), b=2.99 (2.95 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.22-0.30; tm=2; Fec=47,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 24.7 [8.7, 58.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.564 [0.281, 1.061] mg/100g; Protein = 20.1 [18.2, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.192 [0.095, 0.353] g/100g; Selenium = 13.8 [6.9, 27.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 44.2 [16.5, 127.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.756 [0.485, 1.219] mg/100g (wet weight);