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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Stellifer: Latin, stella = satr + latin, fero = to carry (Ref. 45335); cervigoni: Named for Dr. Fernando Cervigón M. formerly at Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, for his
contributions to ichthyology and for discovering the species..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical
Western Atlantic: Caribbean Is., Lesser Antilles, Dominica, Venezuela (north coast of the Araya Peninsula and the Gulf of Paria) and north coast of Brazil (Pará State); probably occurring elsewhere.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125562)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 25; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. This species is distinguished from all its congeners in the Atlantic by the following characters: jetblack mouth roof and inner opercular lining, except S. rastrifer, which also has a dark grayish lining, but never jetblack; differs from S. rastrifer by the slightly oblique, subterminal mouth (vs. oblique in S. rastrifer), total gill-rakers on the first arch usually 36-38 (vs. 44-50), a shorter pelvic fin 4.8-5.3 times in SL (vs. 4.0-4.8 times), and the hind margin of the anterior chamber of the gas bladder has a pair of small knob-like, hammerhead-shaped diverticula (vs. a pair of tubular appendages) (Ref. 125562).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Chao, N.L., A. Carvalho-Filho and J. de Andrade Santos, 2021. Five new species of Western Atlantic stardrums, Stellifer (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) with a key to Atlantic Stellifer species. Zootaxa 4991(3):434-466. (Ref. 125562)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00383 - 0.01727), b=3.10 (2.93 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.2 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).
