Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; agua dulce; salobre; rango de profundidad 0 - ? m. Subtropical
Distribución
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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Yucatán, Mexico.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 118196)
Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 12-17; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 14 - 18. Tan green dorsally, silvery laterally, fleshy tip of lower jaw red (Ref. 27549).
Found inshore, over sandy, vegetated areas (Ref. 27549). Schooling species (Ref. 27549). Feeds on algae and small organisms (Ref. 27549). Used as baitfish where abundant (Ref. 27549). Caught with dip nets (Ref. 27549).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Murdy, E.O., R.S. Birdsong and J.A. Musick, 1997. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London. 324 p. (Ref. 27549)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Carnada: usually
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 12.9 - 28, mean 26.7 °C (based on 496 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.8 ±0.26 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).