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Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy &. Gaimard, 1824)
MARBLED PARROTFISH
Blue-spotted Parrotfish; Marbled Parrot-fish; Slender Parrotfish; Scarus vaigiensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1824

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Leptoscarus vaigiensis ( Quoy & Gaimard , 1824 )

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Sparisomatinae
Etymology: Leptoscarus: Greek, leptos = thin + Latin, scarus = a fish cited by ancient writers; 1601 (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard .

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 86942 ). Tropical; 30°N - 36°S, 18°E - 108°W

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Indo-Pacific: northern Red Sea and South Africa to Easter Island, north to southern Japan, south to Poor Knight's Island in New Zealand and Rottnest Island in Australia. Southeast Atlantic: False Bay, South Africa (Ref. 525 ).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125598 ); max. published weight: 657.00 g (Ref. 125598 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 9; Vertebrae : 25. This species distinguished by the following characters: median predorsal scales 4 (occasionally 3); 1 scale row on cheek, 1(4), below eye; pectoral-fin rays 13; relatively elongate, its depth 2.9-3.8 in SL; unique narrow dental plates composed of numerous small teeth. Colour when fresh, greenish or olive brown, often strongly mottled; male with midlateral white stripe (Ref. 9793 , 90102 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in sheltered bays, harbors and lagoons (Ref. 48636 ). Inhabits seagrass areas or areas with hard substrates heavy with algal cover. Usually occur in small groups. Unlike other parrotfishes, males and females look very similar and do not change sex (Ref. 48636 ). Feeds on seagrasses and algae (Ref. 30573 ). Marketed fresh (Ref. 5284 ).

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Spawns in shallow water above grassflats on the falling tide. Investigation of sexual identity of large samples suggest the species is gonochoristic (sex-reversal do not occur), the first sparid species known to be so (Ref. 1875 ). Also Ref. 103751.

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Bruce, R.W. and J.E. Randall , 1985. A revision of the Indo-West Pacific parrotfish genera Calotomus and Leptoscarus (Scaridae: Sparisomatinae). Indo-Pac. Fish. (5):32 p. (Ref. 525 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 24.3 - 29.3, mean 28.2 °C (based on 2909 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00593 - 0.01340), b=3.01 (2.89 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  2.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Prior r = 1.20, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.80, Based on 1 stock assessment. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   High . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 56.7 [33.8, 108.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.738 [0.398, 1.243] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.5, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.0974 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 27.8 [16.2, 52.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 51.4 [15.8, 168.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.76 [1.20, 2.80] mg/100g (wet weight);

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