Diseases and Parasites
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Flexibacter maritimus Infection. Bacterial diseases
Diseases and Parasites
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Epitheliocystis. Bacterial diseases
Life Cycle
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Sex change occurs at about 5 years of age (Ref. 36558).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Found near sandy bottoms of inner bays where it feeds on mollusks and polychaetes. Also enters brackish waters (Ref. 559). Feeds on fish, zoobenthos and plants (Ref. 26986).
Biology
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Found in bays, shallow rocky reefs, and in brackish waters (Ref. 41299). Feeds on mollusks and polychaetes. Spawns in the spring and summer months (Ref. 41299). It is parasitised by the monogenean A. spari on the fins and body surface (Ref. 124057).
Importance
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fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes
