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Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801)

Snubnose pompano
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Trachinotinae
Etymology: Trachinotus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek,noton = back (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Marcus Élieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German physician and naturalist specialising in ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Lacepède.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 7 m (Ref. 5439). Tropical; 31°N - 35°S, 30°E - 157°W

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 3287) to the Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?, range 58 - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1602); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3280); max. published weight: 3.4 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 16 - 18.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Juveniles inhabit sandy shorelines and shallow sandy or muddy bays near river mouths while adults move out in schools to clear seaward coral and rock reefs (Ref. 5213). Juveniles are in small schools, while adults are usually solitary (Ref. 48635). Adults feed primarily on sand mollusks and other hard-shelled invertebrates (Ref. 9710).

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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: Version 2024-1)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
FAO - Aquaculture systems: production; Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.4 °C (based on 3759 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02630 (0.01463 - 0.04729), b=2.83 (2.68 - 2.98), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (93 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 34.7 [14.6, 65.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.575 [0.303, 1.202] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [17.7, 21.7] %; Omega3 = 0.0854 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 27.9 [14.2, 59.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.7 [6.5, 105.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.919 [0.590, 1.375] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.