Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 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
Western Atlantic and the Caribbean.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 2.2, range 9 - ? cm Max length : 26.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 8); 28 cm TL (female); Idade máx. registada: 2.00 anos (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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; isco: usually
FAO - pescarias: landings, perfil da espécie | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 14.6 - 27.8, mean 24.4 (based on 492 cells).
Resiliência
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=1.2-3.27; tmax=2).
Prior r = 0.59, 95% CL = 0.39 - 0.88, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Vulnerabilidade
Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
