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Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Megalaspis: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, aspis,-idos = shield (Ref. 45335).
Ambiente / Clima / Range
Ecologia
; marino; salmastro associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 20 - 100 m (Ref. 28016). Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 47°N - 22°S, 40°E - 156°E (Ref. 54577)
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan and Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 22.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3287); common length : 45.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5450); Peso massimo pubblicato: 4.0 kg (Ref. 4883)
Spine dorsali (totale): 9; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 18-20; Spine anali 3; Raggi anali molli: 16 - 17.
Adults are primarily oceanic, pelagic schooling species rarely seen on reefs (Ref. 48635, 90102). They feed mainly on fishes (Ref. 5213). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: elevato interesse commerciale
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01349 (0.01203 - 0.01512), b=2.94 (2.91 - 2.97), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.64 se; Based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
69278): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.13(?)-0.35;).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100) .