Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce benthopelagico; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15. Subtropical; 18°C - 32°C (Ref. 12741); 50°N - 26°N
North America: Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and Mississippi River basins from New York in USA and from Ontario in Canada to Minnesota and south Dakota, USA, and south to the Gulf of Mexico; from Escambia River in Florida, and Mobile Bay in Georgia and Alabama to Rio Grande in Texas, USA. Also northern Mexico.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5723); common length : 20.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12193); peso massimo pubblicato: 960.00 g (Ref. 4699); Età massima riportata: 9 anni (Ref. 72492)
Adults inhabit quiet pools and backwaters of sluggish streams, lakes and ponds. Often near vegetation (Ref. 5723, 10294). Juveniles feed on immature insects and microcrustaceans (Ref. 10294). Nest spawners (Ref. 79012).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquacoltura: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.01163 - 0.01880), b=3.11 (3.06 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.48 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tmax=5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
