Gomphosus caeruleus, Green birdmouth wrasse : fisheries, aquarium

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Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801

Green birdmouth wrasse
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Gomphosus: Greek, gomphos = nail; also molar tooth.
More on author: Lacepède.

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

; marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 35 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indian Ocean: East Africa south to Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4392) and east to the Andaman Sea.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 90102)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 13; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 11. Readily identified by the long snout when adult and distinguished from sibling by color or geography (Ref. 48636).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A solitary species (Ref. 90102) that inhabits coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710, 48636). Also in rocky reefs (Ref. 30573). Feeds on small invertebrates (Ref. 5374).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Westneat, Mark | Colaboradores

Randall, J.E., 1986. Labridae. p. 683-706. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4392)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25 - 29.2, mean 28.4 °C (based on 2953 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00466 - 0.02049), b=3.07 (2.90 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (22 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):   (0 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 51.7 [32.2, 92.3] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.595 [0.349, 0.992] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.8 [16.0, 21.1] % ; Omega3 = 0.145 [0.096, 0.209] g/100g ; Selenium = 35.2 [20.9, 55.2] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 95 [33, 292] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.44 [1.02, 2.52] mg/100g (wet weight);