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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Otolithes: Greek, ous, oto = ear + Greek, lithos = stone (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Baron Cuvier (1769–1832), better known by his pen name Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and one of the scientific giants of his age. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Trewavas.

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

Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: coasts of India and Pakistan.

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Maturity: L_m 24.5 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55968); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3490)

Inhabits inshore and coastal waters (Ref. 3490). Carnivorous feeder. Feeds on Acetes spp., penaeid prawns, deep-sea prawns, fishes, stomatopods, mollusks, isopods, copepods and fish larvae (Ref. 53464).

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Lal Mohan, R.S., 1984. Sciaenidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Vol. 4. FAO, Rome. pag. var. (Ref. 3490)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 September 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.9 - 28.4, mean 27 °C (based on 96 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00740 - 0.00892), b=3.07 (3.05 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.62 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 2.1 (1.8 - 2.2) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 10 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.5; Fec=112,523).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Otolithes cuvieri Trewavas, 1974