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Polyprion americanus  (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Wreckfish
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Uruguay country information

Common names: Mero, Mero chernia, Wreckfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Figueiredo, J.L. and N.A. Menezes, 1980
National Database: Dinara

Classificação / Names

Actinopterygii (peixes com raios nas barbatanas) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Polyprionidae (Wreckfishes)
Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Referência principal

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Max length : 210 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 80.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3397); Peso máx. publicado: 100.0 kg (Ref. 35388)

Length at first maturity
Lm 77.9  range ? - 90 cm

Ambiente

; marinhas demersal; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 40 - 600 m (Ref. 7251), usually 100 - 200 m (Ref. 36731)

Clima / Intervalo

Deep-water, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 70°N - 55°S, 82°W - 179°E

Distribuição

Eastern Atlantic: Norway to South Africa (Ref. 6633), including the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde, and Tristan da Cunha. Western Atlantic: Newfoundland, Canada and Gulf of Maine to North Carolina, USA (Ref. 7251). Recorded from Uruguay to Argentina (Ref. 9050). Western Indian Ocean: St. Paul and Amsterdam islands (Ref. 6633). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755, 9072).
Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Introduções

Descrição breve

Espinhos dorsais (total): 10 - 12; Raios dorsais moles (total): 11-13; Espinhos anais 3; Raios anais moles: 8 - 10. Bluish grey above, paler below with a silvery sheen; fins blackish brown (Ref. 6633). Juveniles have black blotches on head and body (Ref. 6633). Body tall, compressed. Big mouth with big head and a rough bony ridge across upper part of the gill cover (Ref. 35388).

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Adults prefer to inhabit caves and shipwrecks (Ref. 27121). Juveniles congregate below floating objects (Ref. 27121). Usually solitary. Feed on large crustaceans, cephalopods and benthic fishes (Ref. 27121). Spawn in the summer (Ref. 35388). Are primary gonochorists (Ref. 58421). Marketed fresh or frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 6633.

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 115185)

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless



Utilização humana

Pescarias: pouco comercial; peixe desportivo: sim

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.8125 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278)
4.1   ±0.64 se; Based on food items.

Resiliência (Ref. 69278)
Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (K=0.05-0.08; tmax=76; tm=9-10 yrs estimated from VBGF; Fec=3 million)

Vulnerabilidade (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100)
Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766)
Low