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Carangiformes (Jacks) > 
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae						
							
							Etymology: Uraspis: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, aspis = shield (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range					
						Ecologia					
				
				
				
					marinhas pelagic-oceanic; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243);  intervalo de profundidade 1 - 50 m (Ref. 89972), usually 2 - 15 m (Ref. 40849). Subtropical; 42°N -   34°S, 180°W -   180°E				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Worldwide in warm waters.  Western Indian Ocean:  Tanzania (Ref. 3287, 3197).  Eastern Central Pacific:  California, USA to Costa Rica (Ref. 2850).  Also in Hawaii.  Western Atlantic:  Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.  Eastern Atlantic:  Mauritania to Angola (Ref. 7097); also Algoa Bay, South Africa (Ref. 3197).
				
				 
			
			
				
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					Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 26999); peso máx. Publicado: 2.0 kg (Ref. 40637)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Espinhos dorsais (total) : 9; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 27 - 32; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 19 - 23. Adults dark to bluish black; juveniles with 6-7 dark bands with pale interspaces (Ref. 3197).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Adults are mostly oceanic and pelagic but sometimes found near the bottom, often near islands.  Solitary or in small schools (Ref. 2850).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Smith-Vaniz, W.F., J.-C. Quéro and M. Desoutter, 1990. Carangidae. p. 729-755. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7097)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Ameaça para o homem  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Utilização humana  				
				
				
					Pescarias: pouco comercial; peixe desportivo: sim				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 20.9 - 29.1, mean 27.2 °C (based on 41503 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nível Trófico  (Ref. 
69278):  4.0   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliência  (Ref. 
120179):  Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 93.5 [50.8, 205.8] mg/100g; Iron = 1.64 [0.88, 3.02] mg/100g; Protein = 20.1 [18.9, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.409 [0.251, 0.700] g/100g; Selenium = 18.9 [9.9, 37.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.2 [3.5, 34.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.693 [0.484, 1.037] mg/100g (wet weight);