Cynoscion phoxocephalus, Cachema weakfish : fisheries, gamefish

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Cynoscion phoxocephalus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Cachema weakfish
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | 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 / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin démersal; profondeur 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Tropical; 18°N -

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Eastern Pacific: southern Mexico to Peru.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9118); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 55763)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

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).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. 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 Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 October 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.4 - 29.1, mean 27.2 °C (based on 40 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00525 - 0.01379), b=3.02 (2.89 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.63 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Medium.