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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Menticirrhus: Latin, mentum = beard, chin + Latin, cirrus = curly.
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser; brackwasser demersal; tiefenbereich 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 43°N - 11°S
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to southern Florida in USA and Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan in Mexico.
Länge bei der ersten Reifung / Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm 25.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7251); common length : 30.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 3702); max. veröff. Gewicht: 1.1 kg (Ref. 40637); max. veröff. Alter: 4 Jahre (Ref. 127588)
Adults occur usually in shallow coastal waters over sand to sandy mud bottoms. Common in the surf zone and in estuaries. Juveniles may enter tidal rivers and creeks of low salinity. Feed mainly on worms and crustaceans. An excellent food fish.
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)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: weniger kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Bevorzugte Temperatur (Ref.
123201): 11.2 - 27.6, mean 24.2 °C (based on 232 cells).
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00529 - 0.01248), b=3.03 (2.91 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophische Ebene (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 2.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=0.5).
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
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Klimaanfälligkeit (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
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Nährstoffe (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 98 [55, 187] mg/100g; Iron = 1.1 [0.6, 1.9] mg/100g; Protein = 21.4 [19.4, 23.7] %; Omega3 = 0.334 [0.195, 0.554] g/100g; Selenium = 21.8 [11.5, 42.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.35 [3.35, 31.47] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.851 [0.609, 1.240] mg/100g (wet weight);