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Larimus pacificus Jordan & Bollman, 1890

Pacific drum
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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: More on authors: Jordan & Bollman.

Issue
The species Larimus gulosus Hildebrand, 1946 is considered as valid in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883) according to Chirichigno et al. (1998: Ref. 41235).

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 29 - 50 m (Ref. 9118). Tropical; 24°N - 18°S, 108°W - 70°W

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Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); common length : 18.0 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Body moderately short, and not very deep; back little arched or elevated; mouth large and oblique; posterior end of upper jaw extending beyond center of eye; snout with 3 dorsql pores; lower branch of first gill arch with 20 to 21 gill rakers; pectoral fins with 16 to 17 rays; ctenoid scales on body; body gray to silvery brown, darker dorsally; flanks with very distinct black stripes along the scales rows; fins pale to grayish (Ref. 55763).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Uncommon species inhabiting coastal waters (Ref. 9118). Feeds mainly on planktonic crustaceans (Ref. 9118). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Chao, L.N., 1995. Sciaenidae. Corvinas, barbiches, bombaches, corvinatas, corvinetas, corvinillas, lambes, pescadillas, roncachos, verrugatos. p. 1427-1518. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico Centro-oriental. 3 volumes. 1813 p. (Ref. 9118)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 February 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.7 - 26, mean 23.4 °C (based on 12 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00533 - 0.02588), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 150 [66, 357] mg/100g; Iron = 1.34 [0.62, 2.67] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.4, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.205 [0.090, 0.401] g/100g; Selenium = 37.6 [17.0, 88.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29 [7, 127] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.88 [0.54, 1.42] mg/100g (wet weight);