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Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Mexican barracuda
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> Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Etymology: Sphyraena: Greek, sphyraina, -es = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

marina; djupintervall 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Tropical

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Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 127 cm FL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 40637); publicerad maxvikt: 9.5 kg (Ref. 4699)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Fairly common species (Ref. 9345) found in the continental shelf (Ref. 11035). Important food fish (Ref. 9345).

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Sommer, C., 1995. Sphyraenidae. Barracudas, picudas. p. 1618-1621. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9345)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.5 - 28.8, mean 25.5 °C (based on 82 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00370 - 0.00981), b=2.91 (2.77 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (85 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33.3 [14.6, 94.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.508 [0.229, 1.135] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [17.8, 21.5] %; Omega3 = 0.129 [0.057, 0.317] g/100g; Selenium = 49.1 [19.5, 141.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.44 [1.22, 43.30] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.562 [0.334, 0.999] mg/100g (wet weight);