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Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)

Roudi escolar
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French Polynesia country information

Common names: Escolier, Roudi escolar
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also in Ref. 108053.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Gempylidae (Snake mackerels)
Etymology:   More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 80 - 800 m (Ref. 2683), usually 300 - 400 m (Ref. 5217).   Subtropical; 50°N - 36°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Tropical and warm temperate waters of all oceans, but absent from eastern Pacific except at Sala y Gomez Ridge.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 47.4  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6181); common length : 40.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3403)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 18 - 20; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 17 - 20; Spine anali: 2 - 3; Raggi anali molli: 15 - 17. Body moderately elongate. Mouth with fang-like teeth. Spinescent gill rakers on the first arch with 1 - 3 cusps and many small spines; the angular raker long and triple-rooted. Body entirely scaled at over 20 - 25 cm SL. Pyloric caeca 7 or 8. Color is grayish to copper brown; fins blackish at over 40 cm SL, yellowish with black tips in smaller specimens (the first dorsal fin with a black blotch on two anteriormost membranes); the buccal and branchial cavities are black. Pelvic fin reduced to one spine that becomes entirely absent in specimens more than 40 cm SL.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found at continental slopes, around oceanic islands and submarine rises (Ref. 6181). Meso-benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Migrate to midwater at night (Ref. 6181). Feed on fish, cephalopods and crustaceans (Ref. 6181). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6766).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Probably spawns throughout the year in warmer seas.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Parin, Nikolay V. | Collaboratori

Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 August 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 31637)




Human uses

Pesca: pesca di sussistenza; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si; esca: usually
FAO(pesca: production; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.6 - 16.5, mean 11.1 (based on 329 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00363 (0.00224 - 0.00588), b=3.06 (2.92 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.17-0.18; tm=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (58 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.