Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
Benthopelagico; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 740 m (Ref. 105050). Tropical; 16°N - 17°S, 18°W - 14°E
Eastern Atlantic: along West African coast, from Senegal to Angola.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 434)
Pelagic (Ref. 105112). Exploited in the continental shelf (Ref. 121688). Inshore, prefers high salinity river mouths (Ref. 121669). Also found on sandy and muddy bottoms in estuarine and coastal marine waters to depths of about 50 m (Ref. 434). Mainly feeds on mysids and copepods. Preyed upon by fish and decapods (Ref. 105112).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 434)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings | FishSource |
Strumenti
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 11 - 16.4, mean 14.2 (based on 40 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).