Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; profondeur 0 - 330 m (Ref. 356), usually 11 - 36 m (Ref. 8). Tropical, preferred 24°C (Ref. 107945); 39°N - 8°N, 98°W - 60°W
Distribution
Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Atlantic and the Caribbean.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm 2.2, range 9 - ? cm Max length : 26.9 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 8); 28 cm TL (female); âge max. reporté: 2.00 années (Ref. 108798)
Maximum standard length: 27.0 cm (Ref. 356). Maximum depth range from Ref. 97531. Inhabits bottom firm mud and silt with sand and shells. Juveniles can live in water with low salinities (Ref. 8). Juveniles use seagrass beds as nursery grounds until they reach a size of about 10 cm total length, then migrates offshore. Feeds nocturnally, mainly preying on the seagrass shrimp Thor floridanus. Other food items of juveniles include bivalves, calcareous algae, plant detritus, copepods and seagrass fragments (Ref. 67427).
Life cycle: Larvae undergo 5 naupliar stages, 3 protozeal stages and 2 to 5 mysis stages (Ref. 108811). Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Spawns throughout the year (Ref. 108797).
Holthuis, L.B. 1980. (Ref. 8)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; appât: usually
FAO - pêcheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 14.6 - 27.8, mean 24.4 (based on 492 cells).
Résilience
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=1.2-3.27; tmax=2).
Prior r = 0.59, 95% CL = 0.39 - 0.88, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
