Haemulopsis axillaris, Yellowstripe grunt : fisheries

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Haemulopsis axillaris (Steindachner, 1869)

Yellowstripe grunt
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Haemulopsis: Greek, haimaleos = bloody + Greek, opsis = with appearance (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal. Tropical; 24°N - 3°S, 108°W - 77°W

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Eastern Central Pacific: Mazatlan, Mexico to Ecuador.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124487); common length : 26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9114); max. published weight: 779.60 g (Ref. 124487)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Body oblong, compressed, and not very deep (depth contained 2.7 to 3.0 times in standard length); mouth small and terminal mouth, its posterior edge located at the same level as the anterior rim of the eye; first gill arch with 25 to 27 gill rakers; dorsal fin deeply notched, with 12 spines and 14 to 16 soft rays (XII, 14-15); second anal spine longer than third; scale series above lateral line oblique; body silvery gray, with light or dark longitudinal stripes along the series of scales, and with 5 or 6 dark vertical bars; internal side of pectoral fins with a large black spot, scarcely visible when fins folded (Ref. 55763).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 9114). Marketed fresh or reduced to fishmeal (Ref. 9114).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15.9 - 26.2, mean 21.4 °C (based on 32 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.01035 - 0.01603), b=2.99 (2.95 - 3.03), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 159 [34, 317] mg/100g; Iron = 1.15 [0.59, 2.22] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.6, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.232 [0.120, 0.405] g/100g; Selenium = 46.1 [25.5, 86.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 25.2 [10.1, 59.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.23 [0.87, 1.75] mg/100g (wet weight);