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Common names: Saku vorowaqa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 43.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/fiji/fiji.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Japan International Cooperation Agency, 1987
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Common names from other countries

Makaire noir, Aguja negra, Short nosed sword fish, ... more

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> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Istiophoridae (Billfishes)
Etymology: More on author: Cuvier.

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

marino; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 915 m (Ref. 43), usually 0 - 200 m (Ref. 43). Subtropical; 15°C - 30°C (Ref. 43); 44°N - 47°S, 18°E - 69°W (Ref. 43)

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Indo-Pacific: tropical and subtropical waters, occasionally entering temperate waters. Stray individuals migrate into the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Cape of Good Hope, but the existence of Atlantic breeding stocks is unlikely. Highly migratory species.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 465 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); common length : 380 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 30573); peso massimo pubblicato: 750.0 kg (Ref. 5503)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 39 - 50; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 16 - 21. Body elongate and not very compressed; upper jaw produced into a robust but not very long beak; two dorsal fins, the height of the first less then the greatest body depth, becoming shorter posteriorly; pectoral fins falcate and rigid, with 19 to 20 rays; body densely covered with small, embedded scales with 1 or 2 sharp points; back dark blue; belly silvery white; membrane of first dorsal fin blue black, without spots; flanks without spots (Ref. 55763). Dark blue above, silvery white below; sometimes with light blue vertical stripes; 1st dorsal fin blackish to dark blue, other fins dark brown with tinges of dark blue in some specimens.

Oceanic, usually found in surface waters above the thermocline, often near shore close to land masses, islands and coral reefs. Feed on fishes, squids, cuttlefishes, octopods, large decapod crustaceans and mostly on small tunas when abundant (Ref. 9668). The flesh is of good quality; marketed refrigerated or frozen and prepared as sashimi in Japan (Ref. 9308). Also Ref. 9692.

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Believed to prefer water temperatures around 27° to 28°C during spawning. Egg counts of ripe roe totaled about 40 million per female.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Nakamura, I., 1985. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 5. Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(5):65p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 43)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2021

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16 - 28.4, mean 25.4 (based on 3272 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00209 - 0.00953), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.47(?); Fec=67 million; assuming tm>2).

Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.19 - 0.42, Based on 2 full stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (78 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (76 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)