Otolithes ruber, Tigertooth croaker : fisheries, gamefish

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Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Tigertooth croaker
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Otolithes: Greek, ous, oto = ear + Greek, lithos = stone (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 40 m (Ref. 9772). Tropical; 26°C - 29°C (Ref. 4959); 34°N - 35°S, 20°E - 154°E

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, including Madagascar (absent in the Red Sea), eastward to southern China Sea and Queensland, Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 22.6, range 28 - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5284); common length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9772); max. published weight: 7.0 kg (Ref. 9987); max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 3625)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-30; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in coastal waters (Ref. 30573). Adults feed on fishes, prawns and other invertebrates (Ref. 5213, 9772). Generally marketed fresh, may be dried or salted (Ref. 5284).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Chan, W., U. Bathia and D. Carlsson, 1974. Sciaenidae. In W. Fischer and P.J.P. Whitehead (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 57) and Western Central Pacific (Fishing Area 71). Volume 3. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 2113)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 June 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | National databases | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 798 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00777 - 0.00932), b=3.07 (3.04 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.14-0.41; tm=1; tmax=5; Fec= 53,676).
Prior r = 0.56, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.83, Based on 4 stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (84 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 71.5 [41.8, 125.5] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.766 [0.376, 1.336] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.8 [17.7, 20.0] % ; Omega3 = 0.198 [0.098, 0.350] g/100g ; Selenium = 66 [36, 127] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 15.8 [6.2, 43.0] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.13 [0.81, 1.64] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.