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Common names: Kingfish, Northern kingfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also in Ref. 37512.
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Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
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Common names from other countries

Bourrugue renard, Lambe zorro, Northern king whiting, ... more

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

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

समुद्री; खारा ड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 43°N - 11°S

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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to southern Florida in USA and Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan in Mexico.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: L_m 25.6 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 7251); common length : 30.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3702); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 1.1 kg (Ref. 40637); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 4 वर्षो (Ref. 127588)

Adults occur usually in shallow coastal waters over sand to sandy mud bottoms. Common in the surf zone and in estuaries. Juveniles may enter tidal rivers and creeks of low salinity. Feed mainly on worms and crustaceans. An excellent food fish.

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 January 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.2 - 27.6, mean 24.2 (based on 232 cells).

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00477 - 0.01264), b=3.04 (2.91 - 3.17), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.

लौटाव (Ref. 120179): ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.5).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)