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Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Trachinotinae
Etymology: Trachinotus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek,noton = back (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr George Brown Goode (1851–1896) was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator at the Smithsonian. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 12 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 43°N - 37°S
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and the Gulf of Mexico to Argentina.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7251); common length : 35.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217); peso massimo pubblicato: 560.00 g (Ref. 40637)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 7 - 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 19 - 20; Spine anali: 2 - 3; Raggi anali molli: 16 - 18. Dorsal and anal fins have very long, dark anterior lobes (Ref. 26938). Bluish silver on back, shading to silver on sides, with four narrow dark bars on upper of body (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Adults form schools in clear coastal areas, usually near coral formations (Ref. 5217). Juveniles common in clean sandy beaches (Ref. 5217). Adults feed on crustaceans, polychaete worms, insect pupae, mollusks and fishes (Ref. 9626). Between 1995 and 2000, at least 2 specimens were traded as aquarium fish at Fortaleza, Ceará (Ref. 49392).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Acquacoltura: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 23.2 - 28.1, mean 27.3 °C (based on 851 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00966 - 0.02985), b=2.87 (2.72 - 3.02), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 4.3 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tm=2-4).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 39.6 [14.6, 74.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.785 [0.387, 1.762] mg/100g; Protein = 20.1 [18.1, 22.2] %; Omega3 = 0.158 [0.081, 0.315] g/100g; Selenium = 12 [5, 27] μg/100g; VitaminA = 40.7 [10.2, 151.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.509 [0.300, 0.825] mg/100g (wet weight);