Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 100 m (Ref. 26999). Subtropical; 52°N - 45°S, 98°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: English Channel to Angola, including the Mediterranean, Madeira, and the Azores. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Massachusetts, USA and the Gulf of Mexico to Argentina.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 19.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6544); common length : 38.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397); peso máximo publicado: 1.8 kg (Ref. 4699)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 6. Pectoral fin very large and fan-like, with front 6 rays separated as small lobe (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found on sand, mud or over rocks in sandy areas, exploring the bottom with the free part of the pectoral fins (Ref. 6544). Feeds primarily on benthic crustaceans, especially crabs, clams and small fishes. Neither anterolateral glandural groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster, 1990. Dactylopteridae. p. 690-691. In J. C. Quero, J. C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post, and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 10782)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 13.3 - 27.8, mean 23.9 °C (based on 1072 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0079 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00864 - 0.01458), b=2.95 (2.87 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.7 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 3.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 30.8 [13.6, 95.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.647 [0.323, 1.546] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [17.9, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.361 [0.152, 1.044] g/100g; Selenium = 20.1 [9.0, 46.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 30.2 [9.0, 104.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.79 [0.52, 1.21] mg/100g (wet weight);