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Etymology: Sphoeroides: Greek, sphaira = ball + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.

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

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 50 - 480 m (Ref. 33352), usually 50 - 250 m (Ref. 10985). Subtropical; 61°N - 51°S, 99°E - 149°E

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Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26350); common length : 26.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 47377)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 7 - 9; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9. Body without prickles (Ref. 559). Brownish above, white below; occasionally with dark spots on flanks (Ref. 4919). Tip of or all lower ray of the caudal white.

Inhabit sandy, muddy and rocky bottoms (Ref. 2683). Young are pelagic (Ref. 7251). Feed mainly on squid. In southeast Brazil captured between 50 and 145 m (Ref. 47377).

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

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Schneider, W., 1990. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 June 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless (Ref. 559)

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.9 - 27.5, mean 19.4 °C (based on 1869 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02692 (0.01716 - 0.04221), b=2.84 (2.71 - 2.97), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 45.3 [18.9, 120.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.907 [0.404, 2.246] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.4, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.351 [0.170, 0.724] g/100g; Selenium = 41.8 [17.4, 103.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20 [5, 85] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.535 [0.350, 0.845] mg/100g (wet weight);

Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)