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Urophycis brasiliensis (Kaup, 1858)

Brazilian codling
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Common names from other countries

Phycis brésilien, Brótola brasileña, Налим нитеперый бразильский, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Phycidae (Phycid hakes)
Etymology: Urophycis: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, phyke, pykis, -idos = the female of a fish that lives among algae (Greek = phykon), related with the gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Kaup.

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

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 24 - 190 m.   Subtropical; 21°S - 46°S, 68°W - 41°W

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Southwest Atlantic: southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Falkland Is.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39376); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6077)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62 - 69; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 43 - 46. Body elongated; head small; eyes small. First dorsal-fin ray elongated; pelvic fins extending beyond the origin of the anal fin. Mottled pattern on back and upper sides.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20.6 - 25.5, mean 24.8 (based on 9 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5044   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00427 (0.00359 - 0.00507), b=3.16 (3.11 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.68 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-3).
Prior r = 0.51, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.76, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (65 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.