Issue
Needs a taxonomic reference.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 50 m. Subtropical; 5°S - 55°S, 81°W - 70°W
Southeast Pacific: Peru to Chile. Also reported in Nicaragua (Ref. 13613).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. ); max. published weight: 183.00 g (Ref. 53696)
Over rocky and sandy bottoms. Maximum size assumed to be the same as for the family. Feeds on small crustaceans such as isopods and amphipods but also on polychaetes and algae.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chirichigno, N.F., 1974. Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Peru. Inf. Inst. Mar Perú (44):1-387. (Ref. 5530)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 11.3 - 27.7, mean 20.5 °C (based on 12 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00775 - 0.01864), b=2.97 (2.84 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 45.7 [11.1, 96.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.801 [0.408, 1.515] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.5, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.274 [0.137, 0.485] g/100g; Selenium = 28.6 [14.8, 55.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.5 [5.5, 44.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.889 [0.632, 1.264] mg/100g (wet weight);