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Common names: Aratã, Arauja, Cambucu
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported to be commercially important in the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão and Pará. Stock evaluations of this species based in recruitment yield model-based and Thompson and Bell’s predictive models in the period from 1997 to 2000, in Pará and Maranhão, Brazil’s north coast, indicate that the species is over-exploited or in the maximum limit of exploitation (Ref. 88197).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chao, L.N., 1978
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
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Common names from other countries

Acoupa chasseur, Pescadilla real, Bangamary, ... more

Main reference

Chao, L.N. 1978. (Ref. 3702)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9626); common length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3702)

Length at first maturity
L_m 23.7, range 18 - 46 cm

Environment

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 3702), usually ? - 25 m (Ref. 9626)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945); 11°N - 40°S

Distribution

Western Atlantic: Venezuela to northern Argentina.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 29; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9

Found over mud or sandy mud bottoms in coastal waters to about 60 m depth. Juveniles abundant in estuaries and tidal mud flats. Feeds on shrimps and fishes (Ref. 9626). Important food fish.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.6250 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.9 ±0.65 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.44; tm=3; tmax=7)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)