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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Scomberoidinae
Etymology: Oligoplites: Greek, oligos = small + Greek, hoplites = armed (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gilbert & Starks.

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Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic. Tropical; 35°N - 20°S

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Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador. Also reported from Paita, Peru (Ref. 5530).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124487); common length : 20.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9283); max. published weight: 145.24 g (Ref. 124487)

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Body strongly compressed and elongate (depth from 4.5 to 5.4 times in standard length); posterior end of upper jaw reaching middle of eye; upper jaw teeth small and villiform; lower branch of first gill arch with 19 to 22 gill rakers; scales small but visible, needle-shaped, embedded in the skin; back dark gray; belly and flanks silvery or blue gray with yellow highlights; dorsal and anal fins charcoal colored; pelvic fins white; pectoral and caudal fins yellow (Ref. 55763).

Adults are found in littoral waters (Ref. 9283). They tolerate low salinities and may temporarily penetrate estuarine waters (Ref. 9283). The dorsal and anal spines are connected to venomous glands that can cause painful wounds (Ref. 9283). Marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref. 9283).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaborators

Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1995. Carangidae. Jureles, pámpanos, cojinúas, zapateros, cocineros, casabes, macarelas, chicharros, jorobados, medregales, pez pilota. p. 940-986. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9283)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 April 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 9283)

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Fisheries: minor commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.4 - 29, mean 25.9 °C (based on 288 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00444 - 0.01422), b=2.91 (2.76 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 217 [128, 551] mg/100g; Iron = 2.13 [1.22, 4.01] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [18.2, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.322 [0.175, 0.610] g/100g; Selenium = 32.4 [15.8, 67.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 35.9 [10.5, 107.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.37 [0.94, 1.99] mg/100g (wet weight);

Oligoplites refulgens Gilbert & Starks, 1904