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Etymology: Prionotus: Greek, prion, -onos = saw + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 15 - 110 m (Ref. 2850), usually 18 - 46 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 48°N - 34°S, 125°W - 70°W
Eastern Pacific: Columbia River in Washington, USA to Chile, but rare north of Baja California, Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 22.6  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 38398); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9352)
Inhabits sand or sandy-mud bottom (Ref. 2850).
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 17.3 - 28.9, mean 24.2 °C (based on 96 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00715 - 0.01761), b=2.96 (2.83 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Genus-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 6.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.17-0.22; tm=3-4).
Prior r = 0.37, 95% CL = 0.25 - 0.56, Based on 1 stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 101 [44, 242] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.66 [0.94, 3.19] mg/100g ; Protein = 15.9 [13.5, 18.7] % ; Omega3 = 1.05 [0.42, 2.88] g/100g ; Selenium = 31.7 [13.4, 80.0] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 29.4 [8.2, 101.9] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.967 [0.604, 1.625] mg/100g (wet weight);