Gerres nigri, Guinean striped mojarra : fisheries

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Gerres nigri Günther, 1859

Guinean striped mojarra
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Senegal country information

Common names: Apapabora, Dabbé, Fatoumata ndingho
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occurs in the Sine-Saloum Estuary, Casamance and Senegal rivers (Ref. 28587). Also Ref. 4323.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.refer.sn/sngal_ct/eco/oeps/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pandaré, D., S. Niang, H. Diadhiou and B. Capdeville, 1997
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) > Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Etymology: Gerres: Latin, gerres = a kind of anchovies; cited by Plinius.
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to the River Niger; the river (or its mouth, in the case of marine species) being the type locality. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.

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

marin; saumâtre benthopélagique; profondeur ? - 60 m (Ref. 57394). Tropical; 18°N - 17°S, 29°W - 14°E

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

Eastern Atlantic: west African coast, from Guinea to Congo (Ref. 57394). Also reported from Senegal (Ref. 4323, 28587, 33587), Gambia (Ref. 5476), Guinea-Bissau (Ref. 26999) and as far south as Angola (Ref. 3166).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm 8.8, range 7 - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 57394); common length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2683)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 9; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8. Diagnosis: body oblong and compressed; snout pointed, shorter than eye diameter; mouth strongly protrusible; nostrils contiguous, situated at midpoint between eye and snout tip; dorsal fin deeply notched; pectoral fins long, reaching to, or extending beyond anal-fin origin; large cycloid scales; scales of the interocular space not reaching anterior border of eyes; spinous part of dorsal fin greyish, without a black spot at tip (Ref. 57394). Coloration: back olivaceous-brown, sides silvery, with longitudinal dark bands; young individuals with narrow, dark vertical bars on sides; spinous part of dorsal fin distally greyish, but without a distinct black spot at tip; juveniles with 2 longitudinal series of dark spots on dorsal fin (Ref. 57394).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Occurs on littoral mud and sand bottoms to about 60 m depth (Ref. 57394). Often enters estuaries and coastal lagoons (Ref. 7375) during reproduction (Ref. 57394). Feeds on fish, shrimps, mollusks, plankton and detritus (Ref. 28587).

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

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Woodland, David J. | Collaborateurs

Roux, C., 1986. Gerridae. p. 325-326. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4323)

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

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Réf. 123201): 23 - 28, mean 26.5 °C (based on 78 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00564 - 0.01943), b=3.07 (2.91 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278):  3.2   ±0.51 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 0.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Résilience (Réf. 120179):  Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=1.5; tm<1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (64 of 100). 🛈
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 172 [85, 323] mg/100g; Iron = 1 [1, 2] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.267 [0.132, 0.505] g/100g; Selenium = 50.4 [27.3, 98.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 30.3 [9.0, 78.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.9 [1.3, 2.7] mg/100g (wet weight);