Scarus scaber, Fivesaddle parrotfish : fisheries

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Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840

Fivesaddle parrotfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 20 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: East Africa south to Natal, South Africa; also around islands of the western Indian Ocean.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5490); max. published weight: 900.00 g (Ref. 3488)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow lagoon reefs, in areas with dense coral cover (Ref. 9710). Individuals in the initial phase form groups (Ref. 9710). Feeds on algae by incessant grazing in coral reefs (Ref. 5503). Marked sexual dimorphism.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

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Randall, J.E., 1986. Scaridae. p. 706-714. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5490)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 September 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25 - 29.3, mean 28.5 °C (based on 3197 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.00764 - 0.02493), b=3.00 (2.85 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.8).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 48.5 [31.5, 81.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.874 [0.615, 1.341] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [16.6, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.0881 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 19.6 [12.3, 30.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 39.2 [12.0, 133.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.35 [1.78, 3.06] mg/100g (wet weight);