Dominican Republic country information

Common names: Zapatero
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref: Coupal, L., E. Bédard, C. Peguero and I.S. Durante, 1992
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Fished throughout the year in some localities. Caught with nets, occasionally with hooks. Because of its bad flavor, disagreeable smell, and hard skin, it is rarely consumed. The catch is skinned and eaten salted, filleted, or smoked.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html
National Fisheries Authority: ttp://www.cep.unep.org/rep_dom/Rep_Dom.htm#SEA-PESQUERO
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coupal, L., E. Bédard, C. Peguero and I.S. Durante, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sauteur cuir, Zapatero sietecueros, Leather jacket, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Scomberoidinae
Etymology: Oligoplites: Greek, oligos = small + Greek, hoplites = armed (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

Θαλασσινό(ά); Υφάλμυρο Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 0 - 50 m (Ref. 96339). Subtropical; 43°N - 35°S, 116°W - 31°W

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες |
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Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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