Iran country information

Common names: Kotr-e-chashm-dorosht
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from the Bushehr coastal waters (Ref. 93975) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Assadi, H. and Dehghani P.R., 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bécune de Forster, Picuda de Forster, Forster's sea-pike, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Etymology: Sphyraena: Greek, sphyraina, -es = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 6 - 300 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 30°N - 23°S, 36°E - 140°W

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Southeast Asia and the Marquesan and Society islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 92.3 cm FL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 125599); common length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9768); peso máx. Publicado: 4.1 kg (Ref. 125599)

Descrição breve Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total): 6; Raios dorsais moles (total): 9; Espinhos anais 2; Raios anais moles: 9. Body elongate and sub cylindrical with small cycloid scales; head long and pointed. Mouth large and horizontal, the tip of the lower jaw protruding; intermaxilla non-protractile. Preoperculum broadly rounded. Lower limb of the first fill arch with spiny tubercles. First dorsal fin origin opposite or before the pectoral tip, the first spine shorter than the second. Color is generally blackish above and silvery below.

Nocturnally active, but occurring in large schools above lagoon patch reefs and along outer reef slopes during the day (Ref. 9768, 48637). Feeds mainly on fishes, but also on penaeid shrimps and squids. Sold fresh, frozen or dried salted. Reports of ciguatera poisoning need confirmation.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

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Rose, J.H., 1984. Sphyraenidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Vol. 4. FAO, Rome. pag. var. (Ref. 4752)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Não avaliado

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)