Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; estuarina demersal; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 75 m (Ref. 5217), usually 0 - 10 m (Ref. 26268). Tropical; 25°N - 30°S, 87°W - 30°W (Ref. 26268)
Western Atlantic: Puerto Rico, Cuba and Hispaniola but unknown from the Bahamas. Continental margin of Central America (Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) to South America (Colombia, Guyana, suriname, Tobago and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 35237); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217); peso máx. Publicado: 51.30 g (Ref. 118626)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 89 - 99; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 75 - 84.
A shallow water species (1-51 m) (Ref. 26268), found over mud or sand bottoms (Ref. 5217) where it feeds on small benthic invertebrates likes annelids and crustaceans. Normally found along sand banks near the mouth of rivers (Ref. 35237).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Munroe, T.A., 1998. Systematics and ecology of tonguefishes of the genus Symphurus (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Fish. Bull. 96(1):1-182. (Ref. 26268)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: pouco comercial
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 25.8 - 28.1, mean 27.5 °C (based on 680 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00411 - 0.01014), b=3.07 (2.93 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 205 [96, 352] mg/100g; Iron = 1.13 [0.57, 2.01] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [15.9, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.149 [0.074, 0.293] g/100g; Selenium = 54.3 [26.2, 110.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.7 [4.3, 42.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.3 [0.9, 1.9] mg/100g (wet weight);
