Stromateus fiatola, Blue butterfish : fisheries

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Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758

Blue butterfish
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Common names from other countries

Fiatole, Palometa fiatola, Строматей восточно-атлантический, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Stromateidae (Butterfishes)
Etymology: Stromateus: Greek, stromatos = a fish flattened body with a lot of colours (Stromateus sp.) (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 10 - 70 m (Ref. 2683). Subtropical; 48°N - 34°S, 18°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay where rare (Ref. 6561) and the Mediterranean southward to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6561); common length : 40.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26999)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 42 - 50; Raggi anali molli: 33 - 38. Blue to brownish in color and darker spots dorsally, silver to whitish ventrally; juveniles with vertical bars on body and small black pelvic fins (Ref. 4410).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found over continental shelves (Ref. 6561). Young are often found associated with pelagic medusae (Ref. 6561). Form large shoals (Ref. 27121). Feeds on small fishes and zooplankton, also medusae (Ref. 6561).

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

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Haedrich, R.L., 1986. Stromateidae. p. 1192-1193. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol 3. (Ref. 6561)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 14.5 - 27.4, mean 19 °C (based on 242 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01585 (0.00707 - 0.03555), b=3.01 (2.82 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  4.0   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tm=2-3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 52.1 [26.1, 115.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.864 [0.418, 1.689] mg/100g; Protein = 15.6 [13.6, 18.2] %; Omega3 = 0.276 [0.153, 0.481] g/100g; Selenium = 31.5 [14.0, 69.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.4 [4.0, 52.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.547 [0.350, 0.842] mg/100g (wet weight);