Micromesistius australis, Southern blue whiting : fisheries

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Micromesistius australis Norman, 1937

Southern blue whiting
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Gadidae (Cods and haddocks)
Etymology: Micromesistius: Greek, mikros = small + greek, mesos = middle + Greek, istion = sail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Norman.

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

marino bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 50 - 900 m (Ref. 27363), usually 200 - 400 m (Ref. 7061). Temperate; 37°S - 65°S, 165°E - 34°W (Ref. 54589)

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There are 2 disjunct populations. Micromesistius australis australis occurs around the Falkland Islands and Argentine Patagonia in the southwest Atlantic; off Chile in the southeast Pacific; also off South Georgia, South Shetland and South Orkney islands. Micromesistius australis pallidus occurs around the South Island of New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 33.7, range 33 - 40 cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1371); common length : 60.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1371); peso máximo publicado: 850.00 g (Ref. 4883); edad máxima reportada: 30 años (Ref. 7059)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 43-55; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 56 - 71; Vértebra: 54 - 57

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Invades shelf waters during summer and concentrating over the continental slope in winter. Forms schools (Ref. 9072). The young feed on euphausiids and amphipods and occasionally on copepods, cephalopods and small fish. Utilized in frozen blocks and as fishmeal. In Japan used as suerii (minced meat) for karaoke (fish cake) (Ref. 27363). Can be fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous, sexes are separate (Ref. 205).

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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - pesquerías: landings, species profile; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Bases de datos nacionales | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.4 - 9.1, mean 5.8 °C (based on 109 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00223 - 0.00619), b=3.14 (2.99 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.18; tm=2-5; tmax=30).
Prior r = 0.54, 95% CL = 0.36 - 0.82, Based on 5 stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 38.2 [10.7, 99.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.368 [0.123, 1.121] mg/100g; Protein = 16.3 [14.4, 18.6] %; Omega3 = 0.381 [0.149, 0.940] g/100g; Selenium = 12.1 [3.0, 42.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.29 [1.98, 46.46] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.673 [0.286, 1.563] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.