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Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794)

Pemecou sea catfish
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Eponymy: Bloch did not identify whom he was naming this fish after, but a probable candidate is Count Ewald Friedrich von Herzberg (1725–1795), a distinguished Prussian statesman and savant and one of Bloch’s sponsors. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; acqua dolce; salmastro demersale. Tropical

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South America: Caribbean and Atlantic draining rivers and estuaries from Colombia to Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 50.8, range 45 - 56.5 cm
Max length : 94.2 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 10652); 62.5 cm TL (female); common length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3265); peso massimo pubblicato: 1.5 kg (Ref. 5217)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults occur in turbid estuaries, mangrove-lined lagoons and lower parts of rivers being very tolerant to changes in salinity. Found on shallow soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feed on a large variety of bottom-living and pelagic organisms including those found among the roots of mangroves. Reproduction occurs between September and December. A female lays 20-30 eggs, with a diameter of 10-12 mm. Males incubate the eggs in their mouth (Ref. 35381).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Females reach maturity at a younger age than males and grow faster. The male incubates 28-40 eggs in the mouth and 200-400 eggs that are fixed in a glutinous mass on its head. Incubation takes 10-12 days. After 50-60 days fully functional young (6-6.5 cm TL) are released.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Collaboratori

Chacon, J.O., M.I.M. Alves and M.S.C. de Mesquita, 1994. Alguns aspectos da reprodução do bagre branco, Selenapsis herzbergii (Bloch 1794), Pisces: Ostariophysi, Siluriformes, Ariidae. Bol. Tec. DNOCS. 47/52(1/2):43-78. (Ref. 10652)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.4 - 27.9, mean 25.6 °C (based on 428 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00457 - 0.00661), b=3.15 (3.10 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tm=2-3; Fec=200).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 93.2 [51.2, 182.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.957 [0.621, 1.530] mg/100g; Protein = 16.8 [15.2, 18.5] %; Omega3 = 0.155 [0.087, 0.265] g/100g; Selenium = 75.6 [42.4, 141.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11 [5, 23] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.14 [0.79, 1.68] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.