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Hemicaranx zelotes Gilbert, 1898

Blackfin jack
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> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Hemicaranx: Greek, hemi = the half + French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish; 1836 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.

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

marino; salmastro benthopelagico. Tropical; 33°N - 20°S

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Eastern Central Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Peru (Ref. 5530).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55763); common length : 20.0 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9283); peso massimo pubblicato: 364.00 g (Ref. 124487)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Body sub-oval and compressed; both jaws with a single row of small, comb-like teeth; pectoral fins falcate and relatively sort (from 3.5 to 4.5 times in total length); back silvery blue; belly and flanks white or silvery; pectoral fins darker (Ref. 55763).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults are found in coastal waters, also entering brackish waters (Ref. 9283). Marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref.9283).

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

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Collaboratori

Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1995. Carangidae. Jureles, pámpanos, cojinúas, zapateros, cocineros, casabes, macarelas, chicharros, jorobados, medregales, pez pilota. p. 940-986. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9283)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 April 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.6 - 28.4, mean 25.6 °C (based on 64 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00635 - 0.01893), b=2.94 (2.80 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 137 [85, 300] mg/100g; Iron = 1.19 [0.70, 2.30] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.5, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.274 [0.147, 0.518] g/100g; Selenium = 50.2 [27.2, 96.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.1 [8.1, 68.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.38 [0.96, 1.96] mg/100g (wet weight);