Cynoscion leiarchus, Smooth weakfish : fisheries, gamefish

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Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier, 1830)

Smooth weakfish
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Brazil country information

Common names: Cambucu, Corumbeba, Corvina tinga
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Barreto, T.M.R.R., K.M.F. Freire, J.J.C. Reis-Júnior, L.C. Rosa, A. Carvalho-Filho and M.M. Rotundo, 2018
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Located at the southernmost tip of the Bombinhas peninsula, southern Brazil (Ref. 55758). Also Ref. 26938. Caught by shrimp trawl in Pirambu, Sergipe (Ref. 118626).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chao, L.N., 1978
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Cynoscion: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range Écologie

marin; saumâtre démersal; profondeur 10 - 50 m (Ref. 9626), usually ? - 25 m (Ref. 9626). Tropical; 14°N - 27°S, 83°W - 34°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Carte par point | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Panama to Santos, Brazil. Also reported in Nicaragua (Ref. 13613).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9626); common length : 35.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3702); poids max. publié: 2.0 kg (Ref. 5217)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 11; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 20 - 24; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 8 - 10. Silvery bluish on back, often with greenish reflections. Whitish on belly. Upper sides sometimes with inconspicuous minute dark dots. Soft portion of dorsal fin and caudal fin edged with black, pelvic and anal fins yellowish. Inside of opercle dark, visible externally. Mouth large, pointed, lower jaw projecting. Upper jaw with a pair of large canine-teeth at tip. Chin without barbel or obvious pores. Snout with 2 marginal pores. Gas bladder with a pair of curved, horn-like anterior appendages. Scales small, all cycloid (smooth). Soft dorsal-fin base with 1 or 2 rows of scales along its base (Ref 51721).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Found over mud and sand bottoms in river estuaries. Occurs up to 50 m but usually less than 25 m (Ref. 9626). Marketed fresh and salted.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Cervigón, F., 1993. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. (Ref. 9626)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Réf. 123201): 24.8 - 27.9, mean 27.3 °C (based on 60 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00512 - 0.01231), b=3.07 (2.95 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278):  3.1   ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Résilience (Réf. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 🛈
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 93.2 [57.6, 183.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.965 [0.503, 1.639] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.7, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.195 [0.107, 0.317] g/100g; Selenium = 64.8 [36.2, 121.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.7 [4.4, 26.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.17 [0.86, 1.67] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.