Menticirrhus undulatus, California kingcroaker : fisheries, gamefish

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Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard, 1854)

California kingcroaker
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Menticirrhus: Latin, mentum = beard, chin + Latin, cirrus = curly.
More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री ड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा ? - 14 m (Ref. 9118). Subtropical; 37°N - 21°S, 123°W - 68°W

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Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Peru.

आकार / वज़न / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 71.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 2850); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 3.9 kg (Ref. 2850); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 8 वर्षो (Ref. 56049)

Short description पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स


Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Occur along sandy shores and in bays, usually in sandy surfs of exposed outer coast. Usually found in small groups; larger fish are more solitary. Feed on sand crabs, other small crustaceans, and worms (Ref. 9118). Spawning begins in July (Ref. 9118). Pelagic spawners (Ref. 56049). Cannot produce croaking sounds due to lack of air bladder. Considered a good food fish and is common in markets (Ref. 9118).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Pelagic spawner (Ref. 56049).

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

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

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 23 January 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक; आखेट मत्स्य: हां
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 123201): 17.8 - 28.9, mean 23.6 °C (based on 262 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00533 - 0.01633), b=3.03 (2.88 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ 69278):  3.3   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 2.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
लौटाव (संदर्भ 120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (tm=2.5; tmax=8).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.