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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Cynoscion: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
Ambiente / Clima / Intervalo
Ecologia
; marinhas; estuarina demersal; intervalo de profundidade 2 - 18 m (Ref. 1183). Subtropical, preferred ?; 38°N - 10°N, 98°W - 60°W
Western Atlantic: Maryland to northeastern Florida in the USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico. Reported from Campeche Bank in Mexico (Ref. 5733). Often misidentified as Cynoscion regalis (Ref. 3702).
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 16.0, range 14 - 17 cm
Max length : 36.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3702); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3702); Idade máx. registada: 1 anos (Ref. 31629)
Espinhos dorsais (total): 11; Raios dorsais (total): 26-31; Espinhos anais 2; Raios anais : 8 - 11; Vértebras: 27. Colour greyish above and changing abruptly to silvery below. Back and upper sides sometimes with very faint irregular rows of spots. Dorsal fin dusky, other fins pale to yellowish. Mouth large, oblique, lower jaw projecting. Upper jaw with a pair of large canine-like teeth at tip. Lower jaw with a row of sharp enlarged inner-row teeth, widely spaced. Chin without barbels or pores. Snout with 2 marginal pores. Gas bladder with a pair of straight, horn-like anterior appendages. Soft portion of dorsal fin covered with small scales on basal half of in (Ref 51721).
Occurs usually over sandy bottoms in inshore waters along beaches and in river mouths. Feeds mainly on crustaceans and fishes.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Perigo para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pouco comercial
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00786 - 0.01839), b=3.01 (2.88 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
69278): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.22).
Vulnerabilidade (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100) .
