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Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Hemicaranx: Greek, hemi = the half + French, carangue, the name of a Caribbean fish; 1836 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre demersal. Tropical
Eastern Atlantic: Along the west African coast from Sierra Leone to Angola (Ref. 57392). Reported from the Sine-Saloum Estuary in Senegal, the Gambia River in Gambia, the Fatala River in Guinea (Ref. 28587) and from Mauritania (Ref. 55783), but this is unconfirmed in Ref. 57392 and needs confirmation.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 57392); common length : 25.0 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3195)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 24 - 28; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 21 - 24. Diagnosis: body elongate (depth comprised 2.4-3.1 times in fork length) and strongly compressed; eyes small; snout short and rounded; mouth small; end of upper jaw extending to below anterior eye margin; teeth present in jaws, absent on vomer; 1st dorsal fin with 7 spines, 2nd dorsal with 1 spine and 24-28 soft rays; anal fin with 2 detached spines, followed by 1 spine and 21-24 soft rays; scales small and cycloid; breast completely scaleless; lateral line arched over anterior half of pectoral fins, its posterior (straight) part with 41-43 scutes; caudal peduncle very slender, without bilateral keels above and below last lateral line scutes (Ref. 57392).
Coloration: back bluish, sides silvery; black spot on upper margin of gill cover; dorsal- and upper caudal-fin lobes broadly black-edged, other fins light; juveniles with 4-5 dark crossbars on back and sides (Ref. 57392).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Adults are found mainly in coastal areas, entering brackish water (Ref. 2683, 57392). Common mostly in midwater and near bottom (Ref. 7079). Young live in association with medusa (jellyfish) (Ref. 57392).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Smith-Vaniz, W.F., J.-C. Quéro and M. Desoutter, 1990. Carangidae. p. 729-755. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7097)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 24.4 - 27.9, mean 26.7 °C (based on 62 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00826 - 0.02417), b=2.92 (2.78 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 115 [78, 276] mg/100g; Iron = 1.24 [0.76, 2.35] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.3, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.248 [0.146, 0.435] g/100g; Selenium = 53.5 [29.9, 100.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.3 [4.2, 32.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.06 [0.78, 1.46] mg/100g (wet weight);
