Classification / Names
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Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 17.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 189); max. published weight: 25.00 g (Ref. 4883)
Length at first maturity
Lm ?, range 8 - 10.2 cm
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 30 - 200 m (Ref. 189)
Climate / Range
Subtropical, preferred 13°C (Ref. 107945); 21°S - 50°S, 67°W - 34°W (Ref. 54431)
Distribution
Short description
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 15-16;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 17 - 21. Snout prominent, pointed, about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla moderate, tip bluntly tapering or a little rounded, reaching to front margin of pre-operculum, extending a little beyond tip of second supra-maxilla; teeth in jaws numerous, small. Lower gill rakers long and slender; no gill rakers on hind face of third epibranchial; pseudobranch long, reaching onto inner face of operculum (Ref.189). Blackish blue dorsally, silvery white laterally and ventrally. All fins transparent (Ref. 27363).
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index
PD50 = 0.5020 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)
Trophic Level
2.5 ±0.00 se; Based on food items.
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.2-0.3)
Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100)
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