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Pristipomoides macrophthalmus (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Cardinal snapper
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Etelinae
Etymology: Pristipomoides: Greek, pristis = saw + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.

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

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 110 - 550 m (Ref. 55). Deep-water; 27°N - 5°N, 89°W - 53°W (Ref. 55)

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Western Central Atlantic: Straits of Florida, Bahamas, Greater Antilles and the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and Panama.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 17.0, range 18 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55); common length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 8. Interorbital space flat. Eye large. Snout short and blunt. Pectoral fins long reaching level of anus. Scale rows on back parallel to lateral line. Back and upper sides pink with a silvery sheen, grading to silvery ventrally; the fins are translucent to pink.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults are most commonly found in deeper waters of the shelf near the edge of the continental slope. They feed on small fishes and larger planktonic animals. Marketed fresh.

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.6 - 22.3, mean 18.4 °C (based on 45 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01660 (0.00874 - 0.03150), b=2.96 (2.80 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.56 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 17.4 [7.5, 44.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.372 [0.162, 0.791] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [15.2, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.388 [0.170, 0.771] g/100g; Selenium = 18.4 [7.9, 40.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.3 [5.3, 120.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.373 [0.242, 0.577] mg/100g (wet weight);