| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | commercial | Ref. | Barreto, T.M.R.R., K.M.F. Freire, J.J.C. Reis-Júnior, L.C. Rosa, A. Carvalho-Filho and M.M. Rotundo, 2018 |
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | No | ||
| Brackish | Yes | ||
| Saltwater | Yes | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | Ref. | ||
| Comments |
Reported to be commercially important in the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão and Pará. Stock evaluations of this species based in recruitment yield model-based and Thompson and Bell’s predictive models in the period from 1997 to 2000, in Pará and Maranhão, Brazil’s north coast, indicate that the species is over-exploited or in the maximum limit of exploitation (Ref. 88197). Caught by shrimp trawl in Pirambu, Sergipe (Ref. 118626). Also in Ref. 122009. |
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| States/Provinces | Alagoas (native), Amapá (native), Bahia (native), Ceará (native), Espírito Santo (native), Maranhão (native), Pará (native), Paraíba (native), Paraná (native), Pernambuco (native), Piauí (native), Rio de Janeiro (native), Rio Grande do Norte (native), Rio Grande do Sul (native), Santa Catarina (native), São Paulo (native), Sergipe (native) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html | ||