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Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Diplodus: Greek, diploos = twice + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr John Edwards Holbrook (1794–1871) was a zoologist and herpetologist who has been described as ‘the Father of North American Herpetology’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bean.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin; saumâtre démersal; profondeur 1 - 28 m. Subtropical; 40°N - 20°N, 98°W - 75°W
Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay to Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Not known from the West Indies.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3815)
Inhabits shallow coastal waters, including bays and harbors. Occurs in inshore seagrass beds. Prefers flat vegetated bottoms. Rarely found in brackish water. Feeds mainly on small invertebrates.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 23.3 - 27.6, mean 24.4 °C (based on 167 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01230 (0.00571 - 0.02650), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.3 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 92.3 [42.7, 191.4] mg/100g; Iron = 1.14 [0.63, 2.18] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [18.5, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.3 [0.2, 0.5] g/100g; Selenium = 20.4 [9.6, 39.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.3 [3.1, 30.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.2 [0.8, 1.8] mg/100g (wet weight);