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Common names: Macabí
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Coupal, L., E. Bédard, C. Peguero and I.S. Durante, 1992
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Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Fished throughout the year in most localities; seasonal in others. Caught with lines or nets. Considered a third rate food fish in some areas and not considered a commercial species in others. May be used as bait. Also Ref. 3237.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coupal, L., E. Bédard, C. Peguero and I.S. Durante, 1992
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Common names from other countries

Banane de mer, Macabí, Альбула, ... more

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> Albuliformes (Bonefishes) > Albulidae (Bonefishes) > Albulinae
Etymology: Albula: Latin, albus = white (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; anfidromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 84 m (Ref. 13608), usually 1 - 15 m (Ref. 9268). Subtropical; 26°N - 7°N, 97°W - 58°W (Ref. 118624)

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Worldwide in warm seas. Hawaiian species have been verified by electrophoretic analysis (Ref. 5577), hence, Albula vulpes might be further split. Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Peru (Ref. 2850). Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles and Caribbean to Brazil (Ref. 26938). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). The West African form is Albula goreensis, Valenciennes, 1846.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 37.5, range 21 - 36 cm
Max length : 104 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); peso máximo publicado: 10.0 kg (Ref. 37955)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15 - 19; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 9; Vértebra: 69 - 74. Branchiostegal rays 12-14 (Ref. 4639). Silvery with dusky fins; base of pectorals yellow (Ref. 3970). Body elongate and fusiform (Ref. 4832). Last ray of dorsal and anal fins not prolonged; head region naked; spot and band absent on head; margin of nasal pore not black (Ref. 13608). Bluntly conical snout extends beyond inferior mouth (Ref. 26938). Pectoral and pelvic axillary scales present; a single long scale on each side of membrane between each ray of dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 4832).

Inhabits shallow coastal waters, estuaries and bays, over sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 3237). Often in schools, except large individuals which are solitary (Ref. 7251). Dorsal fin may show above surface (Ref. 42064). More or less pelagic but feeds on benthic worms, crustaceans, and mollusks (Ref. 2850); that are picked from mud and sand bottoms (Ref. 27549). Tolerates oxygen poor water by inhaling air into a lung-like airbladder (Ref. 9710). Flesh is bony and not esteemed (Ref. 9268). One of the most important game fishes worldwide (Ref. 26938).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Spawning occurs in open waters. Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 205).

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Whitehead, P.J.P., 1990. Albulidae. p. 122-124. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris, Vol. 1. (Ref. 4447)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 29 March 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 4690)

Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; carnada: usually

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20.4 - 28.4, mean 27 (based on 1501 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5007 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00909 - 0.01825), b=3.00 (2.91 - 3.09), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.3; tm=2; tmax=20).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)