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Paralabrax humeralis (Valenciennes, 1828)

Peruvian rock seabass
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Paralabrax: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, labrax, -akos = a fish, Dicentrarchus labrax (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 60 - 180 m (Ref. 5530). Tropical; 31°N - 34°S

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East Pacific: Costa Rica, Colombia to extreme south of Chile. Records from Juan Fernández Is. are incidental (Ref. 89357). Records from Baja California, Mexico, Nicaragua and the Galapagos Islands are doubtful.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 26.9  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 54.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 53696); max. published weight: 2.5 kg (Ref. 53696)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in schools (Ref. 5530). Known from a temperature range of 14-16 °C (Ref. 9098). Also caught with trammel nets (Ref. 9342). An appreciated food fish in Peru (Ref. 9342).

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Also Ref. 103751.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators

Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Serranidae. Meros, serranos, guasetas, enjambres, baquetas, indios, loros, gallinas, cabrillas, garropas. p. 1565-1613. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9342)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.5 - 17.1, mean 15 °C (based on 41 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00557 - 0.01970), b=3.05 (2.89 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 73.7 [31.6, 146.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.827 [0.437, 1.547] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.4, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.259 [0.147, 0.451] g/100g; Selenium = 71.9 [38.6, 155.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 46.2 [16.4, 151.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.915 [0.631, 1.330] mg/100g (wet weight);