Paralonchurus brasiliensis, Banded croaker : fisheries

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Paralonchurus brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1875)

Banded croaker
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Paralonchurus: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, logchos = lance + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 9626). Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Panama to southern Brazil. Reported in Yucatan, Mexico (Ref. 74908).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 15.7  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125970); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3702); max. published weight: 520.00 g (Ref. 125970)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 29-30; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Body silvery to yellowish, brown above, whitish below. Sides with 7 to 9 dark vertical bars extending to below lateral line. A large dark brown spot, larger than eye, behind upper end of gill slit. Mouth small, inferior, nearly horizontal. Chin with 5 pores and many barbels, 3 or 4 pairs in a tuft around median pore and 10 to 12 pairs along inner edges of lower jaw. Caudal fin asymmetrically rhomboidal with lower half pointed. Gas bladder well developed, much longer than head length, bearing anteriorly 2 pairs of appendages, anterior pair slit and horn-like, lateral pair long, tube-like, and extending posteriorly to tip of main chamber (Ref 51721).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found over muddy bottoms, often near estuarine areas (Ref. 9626). Feeds mainly on worms (Ref. 3702). Marketed mostly fresh and salted (Ref. 3702).

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Cervigón, F., 1993. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. (Ref. 9626)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 January 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14 - 27.8, mean 24 °C (based on 564 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00704 - 0.00817), b=3.08 (3.06 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 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 (24 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 184 [108, 359] mg/100g; Iron = 1.18 [0.63, 2.04] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.243 [0.129, 0.403] g/100g; Selenium = 48.1 [26.7, 89.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20 [8, 53] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.49 [1.09, 2.12] mg/100g (wet weight);