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Macrodon atricauda (Günther, 1880)

Southern King Weakfish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Macrodon: Greek, makros = great + Greek, odon ) teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

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

marino demersal. Tropical

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Southwest Atlantic: occurs between the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo and northern Argentina

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 88197)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 27 - 29; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 10. Macrodon atricauda differs from M. ancylodon by the following characteristics: pored lateral line scales 49-63 (vs. 66-78); anal fin soft rays 9-10, rarely 8 (vs. usually 8, occasionally 9); dorsal fin soft rays 27-28, rarely 29 (vs. 28-29, rarely 27); pectoral fin rays 16-17 (vs. 15-16); largest front canines 2.5 to 3.2 in eye length, proportionally smaller and thinner when compared to M. ancylodon (Ref. 88197).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

This species is heavily exploited throughout its range (Ref. 88197).

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Carvalho-Filho, A., S. Santos and I. Sampaio, 2010. Macrodon atricauda (Günther, 1880) (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), a valid species from the southwestern Atlantic, with comments on its conservation. Zootaxa 2519:48-58. (Ref. 88197)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 July 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00404 - 0.00942), b=3.09 (2.96 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 157 [92, 332] mg/100g; Iron = 1.26 [0.63, 2.18] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.1, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.24 [0.11, 0.52] g/100g; Selenium = 65.6 [33.7, 126.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.2 [4.6, 39.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.07 [0.76, 1.55] mg/100g (wet weight);