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Hiodontidae (Mooneyes)
Etymology: Hiodon: From Greek letter "gamma, "y", due to the shape of the teeth; Greek, odous = teeth; bone forming the base of the tongue (Ref. 45335); tergisus: From the word tergisus, meaning polished (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Lesueur.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce pélagique; potamodrome (Ref. 126106). Temperate; 60°N - 30°N
North America: St. Lawrence-Great Lakes (except Superior) in Canada-USA, Mississippi River in USA, and Hudson Bay basins from Quebec to Alberta in Canada and south to Gulf of Mexico; Gulf Slope drainages from Mobile Bay in Alabama to Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, USA.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5723); common length : 28.3 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193); poids max. publié: 907.00 g (Ref. 3221); âge max. reporté: 10 années (Ref. 12193)
Adults occur in deep pools and backwaters of medium to large rivers, lakes and impoundments (Ref. 5723, 10294).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêche sportive: oui
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 1.2500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00380 - 0.01513), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.7 ±0.56 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 5.2 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tmax=10).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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