Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | commercial | Ref. | Boubacar, L., D. Mika and G. Michel, 1999 |
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | Yes | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Consumed little in Mauritania where it is processed into dried fish (Ref. 5366). Fishing gears used: submerged beach seines, bottom trawls, bottom fixed nets, gillnets, trawl lines; fishing season: hot months in the southern areas (May-Oct); length ranges from 30-55 cm TL with Lmax at 70 cm TL; average weight at 2 kg with maximum at 5 kg (Ref. 33871). Also Ref. 3876, 27584. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html |