Chile country information

Common names: Colihuasca, Huaica, Hualca
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off southern Chile, from Chiloe I. to the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego (Ref. 1371, 27363). Also Ref. 8984, 56050.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Merlucciidae (Merluccid hakes) > Merlucciinae
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Common names from other countries

Макруронус американский, Grenadier de Patagonie, Merluza de cola, ... more

Issue
This species is synonym of Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jan. 2012: Ref. 89336). Waiting for more confirmation. Please send references or more studies are needed.

Main reference

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba. 1990. (Ref. 1371)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 115 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7063); common length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1371); max. published weight: 5.0 kg (Ref. 1371)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 54 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 30 - 500 m (Ref. 1371)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 8°C (Ref. 107945); 34°S - 60°S, 79°W - 52°W (Ref. 1371)

Distribution

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: off southern Chile and Argentina.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 100-113; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 83 - 90. Dorsal part of body purplish blue, belly silvery with a slight bluish tinge; small melanophores scattered on fin membrane of dorsal and anal fins; inside of mouth blackish (Ref. 1371).

Schooling species which are concentrated on the outer part of the continental shelf (Ref. 1371). Feeds mainly on fish (herring, anchovies, lantern fishes), also on mysids, cephalopods, euphausiids and amphipods (Ref. 1371). Migrates southward in spring and summer and northward in winter (Ref. 1371). Utilized fresh, frozen and for fishmeal (Ref. 1371).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.9 ±0.60 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.09-0.1)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907