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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Miracorvina: Latin, mirus = wonderful + Latin, corvinus, corvus = raven, crow (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Norman.

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 300 m (Ref. 3593), usually 150 - 300 m (Ref. 3593). Tropical; 10°N - 17°S

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea to southern Angola.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 128 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3593); common length : 60.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3593); peso massimo pubblicato: 2.0 kg (Ref. 3593)

Occurs over sand and rock bottoms in slope and shelf waters, in temperatures which are below the thermocline. Feeds on swimming crustaceans and small fishes. Spawns from August to November in waters at 15°-16°C (Ref. 3593).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Chao, L.N. and E. Trewavas, 1990. Sciaenidae. p. 813-826. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3593)

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

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 March 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Miracorvina angolensis (Norman, 1935)