Scarus ferrugineus, Rusty parrotfish : fisheries

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Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775

Rusty parrotfish
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> 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: Forsskål.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 60 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 8883); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5450)

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Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits protected coral slopes (Ref. 9710). Individuals in the terminal phase form harems (Ref. 9710). Feeds mainly on benthic algae (Ref. 3488).

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

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

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Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97. (Ref. 35918)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 September 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 24.7 - 29.1, mean 27.5 °C (based on 954 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00891 - 0.02238), b=3.01 (2.88 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 11.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 30.3 [18.5, 52.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.628 [0.417, 0.997] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.3, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.0896 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 19.5 [11.2, 36.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 69.8 [19.3, 237.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.33 [1.70, 3.15] mg/100g (wet weight);