Venezuela country information

Common names: Cataco, Cataco ojón, Chicharro
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found along the continental coast and in insular waters of oceanic islands. Important catch of Blanca I. where it is exported to other Antilles Is. Also Ref. 3277, 5217.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sélar coulisou, Chicharro ojón, Goggle-eye, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Selar: A Malay vernacular name, ikan selar.
More on author: Bloch.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 170 m (Ref. 9283), usually 2 - 10 m (Ref. 40849). Subtropical; 47°N - 31°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Circumtropical. Indo-Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 3287) to Rapa, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia. Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 5530). Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and Bermuda through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to to São Paulo (Ref. 47377), Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to southern Angola (Ref. 7097).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 17.7 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 48635); edad máxima reportada: 3.00 años (Ref. 104735)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 24 - 27; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 21 - 23.

Adults prefer clear oceanic waters around islands to neritic waters (Ref. 5217). Occasionally in turbid waters (Ref. 9283). Pelagic (Ref. 58302). Individuals travel in compact groups of hundreds of thousands of fish. Mainly nocturnal in habit, they disperse at night to feed on small shrimps, benthic invertebrates, and forams when inshore, and zooplankton and fish larvae when offshore (Ref. 9283, 90102). Marketed fresh and salted or dried (Ref. 9283). Reported to reach 70 cm TL (Ref. 48635).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Smith-Vaniz, William F. | Colaboradores

Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 1995. Carangidae. Jureles, pámpanos, cojinúas, zapateros, cocineros, casabes, macarelas, chicharros, jorobados, medregales, pez pilota. p. 940-986. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9283)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)

Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial; pesca deportiva: si; carnada: usually

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20 - 29.2, mean 27.9 (based on 6848 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.01201 - 0.01516), b=2.98 (2.95 - 3.01), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.6-0.9).

Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 8 data-limited stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High vulnerability (60 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)