Uruguay country information

Common names: Argentine seabass, Mero
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Rio de la Plata (Ref. 2806). Reported in Uruguayan waters (35°45' S) (Ref. 86657).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hureau, J.-C., 1991
National Database: Dinara

Common names from other countries

Serran argentin, Mero sureño, Mero, ... more

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> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Acanthistius: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, istion = sail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

marinhas; estuarina bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 15 - 82 m (Ref. 127778). Subtropical; 13°S - 53°S, 67°W - 40°W

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 29.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7392)

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Espinhos dorsais (total) : 13; Raios dorsais (total) : 15; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 8.

Found on the continental shelf in colder waters. Utilized to some degree for human consumption.

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

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Pereiro, S. and A. Vásquez, 1988. Peces marinos III. p. 65-94. In G.B. Cabal, B. Marcheti (eds.) Fauna Argentina: Peces. Centro Editor de América Latina S.A., Junin, Buenos Aires, Brazil, 102 p. (Ref. 7392)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

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Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828)