Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 5 - 185 m. Subtropical; 37°N - 20°N, 98°W - 74°W
Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Georgia in the USA and the Gulf of Mexico (from northern Florida to Yucatan).
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm 10.8, range 9 - 12.5 cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); common length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3815)
Found mainly on mud bottoms.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 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)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 20.4 - 26.8, mean 23.8 °C (based on 120 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00645 - 0.02141), b=3.03 (2.87 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tmax probably >3; tm=1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 126 [71, 262] mg/100g; Iron = 1.48 [0.81, 2.70] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [18.7, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.452 [0.294, 0.735] g/100g; Selenium = 31.2 [15.2, 58.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.25 [2.96, 27.30] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.822 [0.572, 1.178] mg/100g (wet weight);