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Priacanthidae (Bigeyes or catalufas)
Etymology: Priacanthus: Greek, prion = saw + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 10 - 200 m (Ref. 5403), usually 15 - 100 m (Ref. 10786). Subtropical; 44°N - 40°S, 98°W - 34°E
Tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Bermuda and at least North Carolina, USA (Ref. 5403) southward to northern Argentina (Ref. 3800). Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Namibia. Mediterranean (Ref. 50345). Reports from the Indo-Pacific are misidentifications.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?, range 14 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3661); peso máx. publicado: 2.9 kg (Ref. 40637)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 10; Raios dorsais (total) : 14; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 15.
Found on coral reefs and rocky bottoms (Ref. 3800). Forms small aggregations near the bottom (Ref. 10786). A nocturnal feeder (Ref. 5521), feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref. 3800). Most of its prey are larvae. Flesh considered excellent quality; marketed fresh (Ref. 5217).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Starnes, W.C., 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203. (Ref. 5403)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para os humanos
Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 31174)
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pouco comercial; peixe esportivo: sim; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 16.7 - 27.8, mean 24.7 (based on 1098 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.01323 - 0.02181), b=2.90 (2.83 - 2.97), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=0.7).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).