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).
National Checklist:
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

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 Écologie

marin; saumâtre benthopélagique; profondeur 15 - 82 m (Ref. 127778). Subtropical; 13°S - 53°S, 67°W - 40°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Southwest Atlantic: Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 29.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7392)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 13; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 15; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8.

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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)

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

Données manquantes (DD) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)