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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Menticirrhus: Latin, mentum = beard, chin + Latin, cirrus = curly.

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

marin; saumâtre démersal; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 38°N - 33°S

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Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande del Sur, Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m 23.0, range 20 - ? cm
Max length : 48.3 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); common length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3702); poids max. publié: 1.4 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Grayish brown above, shading to silvery below, no prominent bars. Lower jaw has single, stout, peg-like barbel with pore at tip. Scales on belly smaller than those on side (Ref. 26938).

Occurs usually in coastal waters over sandy and muddy bottoms; juveniles are abundant in the surf zone. Sometimes enters estuaries. Feeds mainly on worms and crustaceans. Excellent food fish (Ref. 26938).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 January 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.5 - 27.7, mean 24.9 (based on 288 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00499 - 0.01264), b=3.05 (2.92 - 3.18), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Assuming tm <4).

Prior r = 0.53, 95% CL = 0.35 - 0.80, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High vulnerability (56 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Low.

Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847)