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Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Megalaspis: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, aspis,-idos = shield (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; estuarina associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 20 - 100 m (Ref. 28016). Tropical; 47°N - 22°S, 40°E - 156°E (Ref. 54577)
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan and Australia.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 22.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3287); common length : 45.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5450); peso máx. publicado: 4.0 kg (Ref. 4883); idade máx. registrada: 5 anos (Ref. 104735)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 9; Raios dorsais (total) : 18 - 20; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 16 - 17.
Adults are primarily oceanic, pelagic schooling species rarely seen on reefs (Ref. 48635, 90102). They feed mainly on fishes (Ref. 5213). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: altamente comercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.5 - 28.6, mean 27.5 °C (based on 707 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.01166 - 0.01423), b=2.94 (2.91 - 2.97), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.13(?)-0.35; Fec=146,400).
Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 20 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Very high vulnerability (86 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 140 [25, 418] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [0.48, 3.65] mg/100g; Protein = 20.8 [19.1, 22.3] %; Omega3 = 0.198 [0.093, 0.452] g/100g; Selenium = 69.4 [22.3, 176.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.1 [5.0, 132.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.544 [0.132, 1.912] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.