Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; acqua dolce; salmastro; catadromo (Ref. 46888). Subtropical; 30°N - 6°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: Florida, USA to northeastern Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 16.0, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7251); common length : 15.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217); peso massimo pubblicato: 190.00 g (Ref. 9626)
Occur in coastal water, brackish lagoons and lower reaches of rivers (sometimes in freshwater) (Ref. 3791). Feed on small algae and other organic matter (Ref. 3791). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Cervigón, F., 1993. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. (Ref. 9626)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: pesca di sussistenza
Strumenti
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.4 - 28, mean 27 °C (based on 244 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00980 - 0.02339), b=2.99 (2.86 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tm=2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 205 [69, 608] mg/100g; Iron = 3.16 [0.59, 15.54] mg/100g; Protein = 20 [18, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.548 [0.242, 1.334] g/100g; Selenium = 42.5 [14.4, 140.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.9 [2.4, 36.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.19 [1.03, 5.38] mg/100g (wet weight);
