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Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Etymology: Eugerres: Greek, eu = good, well + Latin, gerres = a kind of anchovies; cited by Plinius.
More on author: Cuvier.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 30 m (Ref. 104866). Tropical; 34°N - 30°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Central Atlantic: South Carolina, USA to Santa Catarina, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Probably occurs in Trinidad and Tobago and other islands of the Antilles (Ref. 5217).
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 15.0, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 8571); common length : 20.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217)
Occurs in shallow water, over soft bottoms.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. (Ref. 5217)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.9 - 28.1, mean 27.3 °C (based on 768 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01660 (0.01195 - 0.02304), b=3.02 (2.97 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.43 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tm=1; K=0.28-0.53(?)).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 122 [60, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 0.936 [0.475, 1.789] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.3, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.157 [0.080, 0.299] g/100g; Selenium = 51.9 [25.3, 110.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.2 [2.8, 37.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.964 [0.622, 1.478] mg/100g (wet weight);