Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
marina; sötvatten; brackvatten bentopelagisk; anadrom (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 0 - 10 m (Ref. 7251). Temperate; 10°C - 33°C (Ref. 121663); 50°N - 32°N, 96°W - 59°W
North America: Atlantic Slope drainages from St. Lawrence drainage in Quebec, Canada south to Savannah River in Georgia, USA. Transplanted to Great Lakes (except Superior) and Ohio-Missouri-Mississippi river systems of mid-western USA; elsewere as far west as Colorado, USA.
Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 86798); common length : 13.5 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 12193); publicerad maxvikt: 2.7 kg (Ref. 120584); rapporterad maxålder: 16 år (Ref. 72462)
Occurs in fresh, brackish and coastal waters (Ref. 7251). Inhabits pools and other quiet-water areas of medium to large rivers, usually over mud (Ref. 86798). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).
Assuming same mode of reproduction as in M. saxatilis.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell; sportfisk: ja; Akvarium: Offentliga akvarier
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 4.7 - 18.2, mean 10.2 °C (based on 64 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5781 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00185 - 0.01077), b=3.13 (2.91 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.35 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 15.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resiliens (Ref.
120179): Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.07-0.13; tmax=7(?)).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 21.2 [10.2, 55.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.219 [0.101, 0.486] mg/100g; Protein = 17.4 [15.8, 19.0] %; Omega3 = 0.264 [0.103, 0.641] g/100g; Selenium = 9.81 [3.76, 23.71] μg/100g; VitaminA = 21.7 [4.7, 95.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.932 [0.573, 1.452] mg/100g (wet weight);
