Uruguay country information

Common names: Argentine croaker, Pargo blanco
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 7437, 8984. In range Ref. 27363.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hureau, J.-C., 1991
National Database: Dinara

Common names from other countries

Ombrine d'Argentine, Verrugato pargo, Pargo blanco, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Umbrina: Latin, umbra, -ae = shadow, in the sense of phantom; due to its quick movements (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Berg, C.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 200 m (Ref. 47377), usually 10 - 100 m (Ref. 27363). Subtropical; 31°S - 42°S, 62°W - 49°W (Ref. 54933)

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Southwest Atlantic: Cabo de São Tomé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Bonaerensis, Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 15.9, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 53.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39376); common length : 37.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7025); max. reported age: 26 years (Ref. 7025)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 25; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Upper part of body with many dark longitudinal stripes; no well defined dark spots at bases of pectoral fins (Ref. 27363).

Especially abundant at about 100 m depth (Ref. 27363). Found over sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 47377).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Haimovici, M., 1988. Cohort analysis on the Argentine croaker (Umbrina canosai) exploited in South Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Publ. Com. Tec. Mixta Frente Marit. Argent. Urug. 4:33-40. (Ref. 7415)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 July 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8 - 19.8, mean 14.8 (based on 242 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00728 - 0.01090), b=3.08 (3.06 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.57 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.26-0.27).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Umbrina canosai Berg, 1895