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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
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad ? - 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 / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 15.0, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 8571); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217)
Occurs in shallow water, over soft bottoms.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
Special reports
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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).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.43 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (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);
