Classificação / Names
Common names from other countries
Referência principal
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Max length : 65.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 57392); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217)
Length at first maturity
Lm 12.4, range 10 - ? cm
Ambiente
; marinhas; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 110 m (Ref. 114025)
Clima / Intervalo
Subtropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 42°N - 41°S, 98°W - 14°E
Distribuição
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, USA and Bermuda to Uruguay; throughout Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 9626); Bahamas, Antilles, along Central and South American coasts to Uruguay (Ref. 26938). Eastern Atlantic: Spain to Angola (Ref. 57392). Replaced by Chloroscombrus orqueta in eastern Pacific. These two species have not been adequately studied and may prove to be conspecific.
Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções
Descrição breve
Espinhos dorsais (total): 9; Raios dorsais moles (total): 25-28; Espinhos anais 3; Raios anais moles: 25 - 28. Diagnosis: body compressed and deep (depth comprised from 2.3 to 2.8 times in fork length) (Ref. 57392), its ventral profile distinctly more convex than the dorsal (Ref. 26938, 57392). Snout very short, its tip blunt, upper jaw extending almost to behind level of anterior eye margin; 2 dorsal fins, the first with 8 spines, the second with 1 spine and 25-28 soft rays; anal fin with 2 detached spines, followed by 1 spine and 25-28 soft rays; upper lobe of caudal fin longer than the lower; small, cycloid scales covering most of body, including chest; 5-15 weak scutes on posterior part of lateral line, at level of caudal peduncle, the latter without bilateral keels (Ref. 57392). Metallic blue above, silvery below; caudal peduncle with black saddle spot (Ref. 3197).
Coloration: back greenish or bluish, sides silvery-white; a dark, saddle-shaped blotch on caudal peduncle just before caudal fin, and another at upper angle of gill cover (Ref. 57392).
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index
PD50 = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)
Nível Trófico
3.5 ±0.2 se; Based on diet studies.
Resiliência
Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.22-0.56)
Vulnerabilidade
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100)
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