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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Menticirrhus: Latin, mentum = beard, chin + Latin, cirrus = curly.
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 43°N - 11°S
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to southern Florida in USA and Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan in Mexico.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 25.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3702); peso máximo publicado: 1.1 kg (Ref. 40637); edad máxima reportada: 4 años (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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 11.2 - 27.6, mean 24.2 °C (based on 232 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
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.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.5).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
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Vulnerabilidad climática (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
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Nutrientes (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);