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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Moronidae (Temperate basses)
Etymology: saxatilis: saxatilis --- living among rocks (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Walbaum.
Etymology: saxatilis: saxatilis --- living among rocks (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Walbaum.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 30 - ? m (Ref. 2850). Temperate; 8°C - 25°C (Ref. 47172); 49°N - 27°N, 94°W - 59°W (Ref. 86798)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Western Atlantic: St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada to Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana; south in Florida, USA to St. Johns and Suwannee river drainages.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86798); common length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9988); max. published weight: 57.0 kg (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 30 years (Ref. 1468)
Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86798); common length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9988); max. published weight: 57.0 kg (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 30 years (Ref. 1468)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 13.
Inhabit coastal waters and are commonly found in bays but may enter rivers in the spring to spawn (Ref. 2850). Some populations are landlocked (Ref. 7251). Voracious and opportunistic feeder (Ref. 5951). Larvae feed on zooplankton; juveniles take in small shrimps and other crustaceans, annelid worms, and insects (Ref. 1998, 10294); adults feed on a wide variety of fishes (alewives, herring, smelt, eels, flounders, mummichogs, rock gunnels, sand lance, silver hake and silversides (Ref. 5951)) and invertebrates (squid, crabs, sea worms and amphipods (Ref. 5951)), mainly crustaceans (Ref. 1998). Feeding ceases shortly before spawning (Ref. 1998). Utilized fresh and eaten broiled and baked (Ref. 9988).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Move into fresh or brackish water to spawn (Ref. 39467). Females spawn more than once in a season, but they don't necessarily spawn every year (Ref. 1998).
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators
Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Moronidae. Lubinas. p. 1289-1292. 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. 9320)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 February 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 1 - 23.5, mean 9.3 °C (based on 22 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 0.5781 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00745 - 0.01169), b=3.05 (2.98 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.7 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.12; tm=5-7; tmax=30; Fec=14,000).
Prior r = 0.31, 95% CL = 0.20 - 0.46, Based on 2 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (61 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): High vulnerability (61 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 14.4 [7.1, 30.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.291 [0.146, 0.542] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [18.5, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.583 [0.331, 1.065] g/100g; Selenium = 16.5 [7.6, 34.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.61 [2.38, 30.88] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.307 [0.217, 0.451] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.