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Gerres cinereus, Yellow fin mojarra : fisheries, gamefish, bait

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Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792)

Yellow fin mojarra
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Etymology: Gerres: Latin, gerres = a kind of anchovies; cited by Plinius.
More on author: Walbaum.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 33°N - 23°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida, USA; Bahamas, northern Gulf of Mexico, around Caribbean, including Antilles and south American coast (Ref. 26938) to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm 20.0, range 19 - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6077); max. published weight: 530.00 g (Ref. 40637)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Silvery with about seven faint pinkish bars on side on body; pelvic fins yellow (Ref. 13442).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow coastal waters in open sandy and surf areas, seagrass beds, near reefs, and mangrove channels (Ref. 7251). Enters brackish water, sometimes even fresh water (Ref. 3722). May occur in small aggregations (Ref. 3722). Feeds on benthic invertebrates such as worms, clams, crustaceans (Ref. 3722); also feeds on insects (Ref. 9303). Often seen feeding in sand patches among reefs by thrusting its mouth into the sediment and expelling sand from the gill openings (Ref. 13442). Easily approached (Ref. 9710). Marketed fresh but not highly esteemed; also processed into fishmeal (Ref. 3722).

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Bussing, W.A., 1995. Gerreidae. Mojarras. p. 1114-1128. 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. 9303)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; bait: occasionally
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.4 - 28.1, mean 27.3 °C (based on 792 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.01029 - 0.01689), b=3.04 (3.00 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.60; tm=1.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 38.3 [14.7, 84.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.618 [0.273, 1.172] mg/100g; Protein = 20.5 [18.5, 22.5] %; Omega3 = 0.209 [0.106, 0.425] g/100g; Selenium = 12.5 [5.7, 26.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 30.3 [7.2, 118.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.917 [0.561, 1.436] mg/100g (wet weight);


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