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Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Naucratinae
Etymology: Elagatis: Greek, elakate, -es = distaff, cane (Ref. 45335).
Ambiente / Clima / Intervalo
Ecologia
; marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 150 m (Ref. 9710), usually 2 - 10 m (Ref. 40849). Subtropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 42°N - 41°S, 95°W - 156°E (Ref. 54429)
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 57756). Eastern Atlantic: off Genoa, Italy in the Mediterranean (Ref. 4233) and from Côte d'Ivoire to Angola (Ref. 7097). Throughout the Indo-Pacific (Ref. 37816), but rare or absent in the Persian Gulf (Ref. 3287). Eastern Pacific: mouth of Gulf of California to Ecuador; including the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 9283).
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 64.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 180 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 26340); common length : 90.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217); Peso máx. publicado: 46.2 kg (Ref. 40637); Idade máx. registada: 6 anos (Ref. 96992)
Espinhos dorsais (total): 7; Raios dorsais (total): 25-30; Espinhos anais 2; Raios anais : 18 - 22.
Adults are found in oceanic and coastal waters, generally near the surface over reefs or sometimes far from the coast often around floating logs or other debris (Ref. 9283, 11230, 48635, 90102). May form large schools (Ref. 9283, 48635). They feed on invertebrates, mainly on larger crustaceans of the zooplankton, and small fishes (Ref. 9283, 26145). Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 4233). Good food fish (Ref. 9626) and a valued game fish (Ref. 26938); marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref. 9283); also frozen and used for sashimi (Ref. 9987).
Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1986. Carangidae. p. 638-661. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3197)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Perigo para os humanos
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: altamente comercial; peixe esportivo: sim
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