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Common names: Totoaba, Totoaba, Totoaba
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 9118.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: IUCN, 1990
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Classification / Names

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

麦氏犬牙石首鱼, Acoupa totoaba, Corvinata totoaba, ... more

Main reference

Chao, L.N. 1995. (Ref. 9118)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9118); max. published weight: 100.0 kg (Ref. 32717); max. reported age: 15 years (Ref. 796)

Environment

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - ? m

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 20°C (Ref. 107945); 32°N - 17°N

Distribution

Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Formerly abundant, now threatened by extinction due to fishing and habitat change (Ref. 27438). International trade banned (CITES I, since 4.2.1977).
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Found in coastal waters; juveniles in river mouths and near rocky coasts (Ref. 9118). Feed on fishes and shrimps (Ref. 9118).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bcd)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.1 ±0.70 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.3; tm=7; tmax=15)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Very high vulnerability (82 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Totoaba macdonaldi (Gilbert, 1890)