Epinephelus drummondhayi, Speckled hind : fisheries, gamefish

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Epinephelus drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878

Speckled hind
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> Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Epinephelidae (Groupers)
Etymology: Epinephelus: Greek, epinephelos = cloudy (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Colonel Henry Maurice Drummond Hay (1814–1896), was a noted illustrator, botanist, ichthyologist, and ornithologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Issue
Type locality: southern Florida and Pensacola, Florida.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 25 - 183 m (Ref. 5222), usually 60 - 120 m (Ref. 5222). Subtropical; 36°N - 24°N, 98°W - 62°W (Ref. 5222)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Bermuda and the coast of the USA from North Carolina to the Florida Keys and in the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico. Reports from Cuba and the Bahamas are unsubstantiated.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 110 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5222); peso massimo pubblicato: 30.0 kg (Ref. 5222); Età massima riportata: 45 anni (Ref. 93919)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 15 - 16; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 9.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits offshore rocky bottoms; most common between 60 and 120 m.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(16):382 p. (Ref. 5222)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 18 November 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 17.7 - 25.2, mean 22.1 °C (based on 19 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00659 - 0.01911), b=3.04 (2.90 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  4.0   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.13; tmax=25).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (62 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33.9 [14.0, 78.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.783 [0.376, 1.829] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.8, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.292 [0.160, 0.530] g/100g; Selenium = 38.1 [17.9, 90.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.9 [4.7, 83.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.705 [0.451, 1.142] mg/100g (wet weight);