Pakistan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: A popular fish, sold fresh or dried salted. The reported catches from Pakistan totalled 650 t in 1982 (FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, 1982)
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., 1985
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Lactariidae (False trevallies)
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Common names from other countries

Péliau chanos, Pagapa, Big-jawed jumper, ... more

Main reference

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley. 1989. (Ref. 7300)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2872); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2872)

Length at first maturity
L_m 16.8 range ? - 19.2 cm

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 15 - 100 m (Ref. 30573)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 30°N - 21°S, 36°E - 178°W

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 2871, 5213, 30573) to Southeast Asia, north to Japan, south to Queensland, Australia. Reported from Fiji (Ref. 12743).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-22; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 25 - 28. Silvery grey with blue iridescence dorsally, silvery white ventrally; upper part of gill cover with a dusky black spot; fins pale yellow. Mouth large and oblique.

Found in coastal waters down to a depth of about 100 m (Ref. 30573) and between 15-90 m in western Indonesia (Ref. 12260). Feeds on sand-dwelling animals (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh and dried salted.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.2 ±0.7 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.6)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (21 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)