Callanthias ruber, Parrot seaperch : fisheries, gamefish

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Callanthias ruber (Rafinesque, 1810)

Parrot seaperch
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Callanthiidae (Splendid perches)
Etymology: Callanthias: Greek, kalos, kallos = beautiful + Greek, anthias = a fish (Sparus aurata) (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Rafinesque.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 500 m (Ref. 5506). Subtropical; 51°N - 16°N, 32°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: English Channel (occasional) to Mauritania including Madeira, Azores, Canary Islands. Also throughout the Mediterranean.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5288); common length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on rocks, muddy bottoms and submarine caves. Oviparous, probably protogynous (Ref. 5506).

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Protogyny needs verification.

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Tortonese, E., 1986. Serranidae. p. 780-792. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. (Ref. 5506)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.1 - 16.2, mean 14.6 °C (based on 134 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00387 - 0.02465), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 55.9 [10.8, 173.4] mg/100g; Iron = 1.4 [0.5, 4.9] mg/100g; Protein = 3.78 [0.10, 7.46] %; Omega3 = 0.503 [0.218, 1.090] g/100g; Selenium = 30.6 [6.8, 87.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.6 [5.6, 43.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.697 [0.350, 1.325] mg/100g (wet weight);