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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Doratonotus: Latin, deauratus = golden + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 33°N - 29°S, 98°W - 10°E

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Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida, USA to Brazil (Ref. 57756). Eastern Atlantic: known only from Ile Las Rolas, off São Tomé (Ref. 5292).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9626); max. published weight: 10.80 g (Ref. 9626)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Color primarily grass green; usually some scattered small white or pale blue spots on head and body; small reddish brown spot near upper edge of caudal fin and another near lower edge (Ref. 13442).

Inhabits shallow beds of turtle grass (Thalassia). Common but seldom noticed (Ref. 9710).

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

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Westneat, Mark | Collaborators

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. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 March 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.1 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 549 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00638 - 0.01885), b=3.04 (2.89 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 128 [74, 235] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.868 [0.485, 1.651] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.5 [15.6, 20.7] % ; Omega3 = 0.161 [0.096, 0.267] g/100g ; Selenium = 19.7 [10.8, 37.7] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 163 [48, 637] μg/100g ; Zinc = 2.04 [1.34, 3.22] mg/100g (wet weight);

Doratonotus megalepis Günther, 1862