Caulolatilus microps, Grey tilefish : fisheries, gamefish

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Caulolatilus microps Goode & Bean, 1878

Grey tilefish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Latilidae (Deepwater tilefishes)
Etymology: Caulolatilus: Greek, kaulos = stem, stalk + Latin, latus = wide (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 30 - 162 m (Ref. 8991). Subtropical; 37°N - 24°N, 98°W - 75°W

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southern Florida in USA and Mexico; also in northern and probably eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 55.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3276); peso máximo publicado: 7.0 kg (Ref. 3276); edad máxima reportada: 15 años (Ref. 6134)

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Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs on mud and rubble bottom. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (crustaceans, mollusks, polychaetes and brittle stars) and fishes. Captured mainly from 75 to 200 m deep and occurring to at least 236 m (Ref. 6134). Marketed fresh.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Functional hermaphroditism has to be confirmed for this species.

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Dooley, J.K., 1978. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae) with descriptions of two new species. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. No. 411:1-78. (Ref. 8991)

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

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 18 - 25.3, mean 22.6 °C (based on 38 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00393 - 0.01061), b=3.10 (2.95 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.8   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.14; tmax=15).
Prior r = 0.33, 95% CL = 0.22 - 0.49, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (58 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 45.6 [30.3, 79.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.861 [0.562, 1.309] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.4, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.34 [0.24, 0.48] g/100g; Selenium = 35.4 [20.2, 61.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.45 [3.69, 23.59] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.603 [0.464, 0.822] mg/100g (wet weight);