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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cyclopsettidae (Sand whiffs)
Etymology: Syacium: Greek, yagke, -es = cheek; diminutive (Cfr. Aaptosyax).
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Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Tropical; 32°N - 18°S, 117°W - 73°W

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Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru.

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Maturity: L_m ?, range 10 - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9330)

Inhabits flat sand bottoms (Ref. 11482). Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 28023). Marketed fresh.

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Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

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Hensley, D.A., 1995. Paralichthyidae. Lenguados. p. 1349-1380. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9330)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 19.7 - 28.6, mean 25.6 °C (based on 74 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00479 - 0.01258), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Genus-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 0.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Prior r = 0.35, 95% CL = 0.23 - 0.52, Based on 1 stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100) .

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): (0 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 288 [139, 682] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.09 [0.63, 2.15] mg/100g ; Protein = 17.1 [14.9, 19.5] % ; Omega3 = 0.194 [0.094, 0.401] g/100g ; Selenium = 64.1 [28.4, 160.7] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 9.48 [2.42, 36.75] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.984 [0.627, 1.560] mg/100g (wet weight);

Syacium ovale (Günther, 1864)