Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 5 - 185 m. Subtropical; 37°N - 20°N, 98°W - 74°W
Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Georgia in the USA and the Gulf of Mexico (from northern Florida to Yucatan).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 10.8, range 9 - 12.5 cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3815)
Found mainly on mud bottoms.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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 Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 20.4 - 26.8, mean 23.8 °C (based on 120 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00645 - 0.02141), b=3.03 (2.87 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tmax probably >3; tm=1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 126 [71, 262] mg/100g; Iron = 1.48 [0.81, 2.70] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [18.7, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.452 [0.294, 0.735] g/100g; Selenium = 31.2 [15.2, 58.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.25 [2.96, 27.30] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.822 [0.572, 1.178] mg/100g (wet weight);