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Totoaba macdonaldi (Gilbert, 1890)

Totoaba
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Mexico country information

Common names: Totoaba, Totoaba, Totoaba
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 9118.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: IUCN, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Acoupa totoaba, Corvinata totoaba, 麦氏犬牙石首鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology:   More on author: Gilbert.

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

marina; brackvatten bentopelagisk; djupintervall 10 - ? m.   Subtropical; 32°N - 17°N

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Formerly abundant, now threatened by extinction due to fishing and habitat change (Ref. 27438).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9118); publicerad maxvikt: 100.0 kg (Ref. 32717); rapporterad maxålder: 24 år (Ref. 32373)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in coastal waters; juveniles in river mouths and near rocky coasts (Ref. 9118). Feed on fishes and shrimps (Ref. 9118).

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Sårbar, se IUCNs rödlista (VU) (A4bd); Date assessed: 21 August 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 19.8 - 26.7, mean 22.5 (based on 24 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00413 - 0.01752), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.3; tm=7; tmax=15).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (94 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.