Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical; 7°N - 27°S, 57°W - 34°W
South America: French Guiana and Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 18.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39852); max. published weight: 144.00 g (Ref. 118626)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Marceniuk, A.P. and N.A. Menezes, 2007. Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa 1416:1-126. (Ref. 58022)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00597 - 0.00839), b=3.06 (3.01 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 41.8 [21.8, 91.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.66 [0.39, 1.14] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [15.2, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.229 [0.119, 0.448] g/100g; Selenium = 74.8 [37.6, 156.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 21.3 [7.6, 57.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.12 [0.74, 1.78] mg/100g (wet weight);