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Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) >
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Pentheroscion: Greek, pente = five + Greek, oschion = scrotum (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 50 - 350 m (Ref. 2683), usually 80 - 200 m (Ref. 3593). Deep-water; 12°N - 17°S
Eastern Atlantic: Guinea to southern Angola.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3593); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3593)
Found in deep shelf and upper slopes over mud, sand and rock bottoms. Also moves in midwater, in equatorial regions below the thermocline (Ref. 3593).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Chao, L.N. and E. Trewavas, 1990. Sciaenidae. p. 813-826. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3593)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Réf.
123201): 14 - 17.1, mean 15.6 °C (based on 25 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00280 - 0.01185), b=3.12 (2.95 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 30.2 [14.5, 68.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.391 [0.180, 0.879] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [17, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.222 [0.099, 0.458] g/100g; Selenium = 19.2 [7.4, 46.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.7 [1.6, 48.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.388 [0.253, 0.606] mg/100g (wet weight);
