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Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Torpedo scad
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> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Megalaspis: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, aspis,-idos = shield (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 20 - 100 m (Ref. 28016). Tropical; 47°N - 22°S, 40°E - 156°E (Ref. 54577)

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan and Australia.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 22.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3287); common length : 45.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5450); peso máximo publicado: 4.0 kg (Ref. 4883); edad máxima reportada: 5 años (Ref. 104735)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 18 - 20; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 17.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults are primarily oceanic, pelagic schooling species rarely seen on reefs (Ref. 48635, 90102). They feed mainly on fishes (Ref. 5213). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Colaboradores

Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings, species profile; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.5 - 28.6, mean 27.5 °C (based on 707 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.01159 - 0.01432), b=2.93 (2.90 - 2.96), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.13(?)-0.35; Fec=146,400).
Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 20 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (86 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 140 [25, 418] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [0.48, 3.65] mg/100g; Protein = 20.8 [19.1, 22.3] %; Omega3 = 0.198 [0.093, 0.452] g/100g; Selenium = 69.4 [22.3, 176.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.1 [5.0, 132.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.544 [0.132, 1.912] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.