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Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Scorpididae (Halfmoons)
Etymology: Medialuna: Latin, media = middle + Latin, luna = noon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 9310). Temperate; 51°N - 14°N, 129°W - 92°W

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Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, to Gulf of California; rare north of Point Conception in California, USA.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 8 years (Ref. 72462)

Often occur in rocky areas and in kelp beds. Found from inshore areas to 40 m depth. Feed on seaweed and small invertebrates. Pelagic spawner (Ref. 56049). Also caught with harpoons. The flesh is of excellent quality and is marketed fresh (Ref. 9310).

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Pelagic spawner (Ref. 56049).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

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

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 May 2007

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.5 - 22.3, mean 18.1 °C (based on 18 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.7 ±0.22 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 43.9 [26.8, 83.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.404 [0.251, 0.677] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [17.5, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.511 [0.305, 0.873] g/100g; Selenium = 12.1 [6.2, 23.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.3 [3.1, 34.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.653 [0.476, 0.917] mg/100g (wet weight);

Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876)