Cynoscion phoxocephalus, Cachema weakfish : fisheries, gamefish

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Cynoscion phoxocephalus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Cachema weakfish
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Cynoscion: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Tropical; 18°N -

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: southern Mexico to Peru.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9118); common length : 25.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55763)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Body long and slightly compressed; head pointed, its dorsal profile almost straight from nape to origin of dorsal fin; mouth oblique; lower jaw prominent; teeth set in 1 to 3 rows, with a pair of canines on the anterior end of upper jaw; lower branch of first gill arch with 7 to 8 gill rakers; second dorsal fin without small scales; cycloid scales on body and head; lateral line scales 60 to 70 (Ref. 55763).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: other (see Diagnosi.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit coastal waters and estuaries with high salinities (Ref. 9118). Feed on fishes, shrimps and other crustaceans (Ref. 9118).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 October 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 23.4 - 29.1, mean 27.2 °C (based on 40 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00523 - 0.01386), b=3.01 (2.88 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.8   ±0.63 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.