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Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Southern kingcroaker
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Menticirrhus: Latin, mentum = beard, chin + Latin, cirrus = curly.
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino; salmastro demersale; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica ? - 40 m (Ref. 9626). Subtropical; 43°N - 42°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: Cape Cod in Massachussets, USA to northern Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 17.7, range 16 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9626); common length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3702); peso massimo pubblicato: 1.1 kg (Ref. 40637)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 22 - 25; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 7 - 8.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal waters, usually over sandy-mud to hard sand bottoms. Common along beaches. Juveniles occur usually in water of lower salinity.

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Chao, L.N., 1978. Sciaenidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Volume 4. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3702)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 January 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14.8 - 27.9, mean 24.4 °C (based on 552 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00734 - 0.00860), b=3.08 (3.06 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tm=2; tmax=4; Fec=28,691 (batch fecundity)).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 78.1 [44.9, 148.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.951 [0.511, 1.649] mg/100g; Protein = 21.2 [19.2, 23.5] %; Omega3 = 0.326 [0.192, 0.520] g/100g; Selenium = 22 [12, 41] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.7 [4.4, 35.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.867 [0.647, 1.267] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.