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 Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | 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 Ecologia

marino; salmastro benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 15 - 82 m (Ref. 127778). Subtropical; 13°S - 53°S, 67°W - 40°W

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

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

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 13; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 15; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 8.

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale

FAO(pesca: production, species profile; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.5 - 16.9, mean 8.1 (based on 170 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.71 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tm=2-4).

Prior r = 0.25, 95% CL = 0.17 - 0.38, Based on 1 full stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (86 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828)