Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 2 - 46 m (Ref. 7510). Tropical; 36°N - 24°S, 99°W - 5°W
Western Atlantic: southern Florida and Texas (USA), Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena (?, Randall pers. comm.).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5288)
Espinas dorsales (total): 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 11; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 6. White interspaces between first four dark bars bisected by narrow yellowish brown bars.
Moderately common in rocky areas and among rubble, often in crevices and shallow caves. Usually lies at rest on the substrate (Ref. 9626). Feeds primarily on small crustaceans, particularly copepods, shrimps and shrimp larvae, crabs and crab larvae as well as polychaetes (Ref. 7510).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Pelagic spawner. Further histological evidence is needed to establish protogyny (Ref. 103751).
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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