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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: More on authors: Jordan & Bristol.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 1 - 30 m. Tropical; 32°N - 6°S, 115°W - 77°W
Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California to Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9118); common length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)
Inhabits coastal waters and lagoons (Ref. 9118). Feeds mainly on planktonic crustaceans (Ref. 9118). Common in local markets (Ref. 9118). Depth range assumed (RF).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chao, L.N., 1995. Sciaenidae. Corvinas, barbiches, bombaches, corvinatas, corvinetas, corvinillas, lambes, pescadillas, roncachos, verrugatos. p. 1427-1518. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico Centro-oriental. 3 volumes. 1813 p. (Ref. 9118)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 22.3 - 29.1, mean 26.3 °C (based on 206 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00455 - 0.01153), b=3.16 (3.03 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 161 [85, 324] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.68 [0.92, 2.77] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.9 [17.7, 20.1] % ; Omega3 = 0.289 [0.140, 0.522] g/100g ; Selenium = 47.7 [23.8, 88.9] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 22.8 [7.4, 66.0] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.36 [0.86, 2.13] mg/100g (wet weight);