| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | commercial | Ref. | Anonymous, 1994 |
| Aquaculture | commercial | Ref. | FAO, 1997 |
| Regulations | restricted | Ref. | Anonymous, 1994 |
| Freshwater | Yes | ||
| Brackish | Yes | ||
| Saltwater | Yes | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | Ref. | ||
| Comments |
Recorded from Laguna de Términos (Ref. 79080) and Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan (Ref. 74908). Marketed fresh (whole, fillet, spat), salt-dried, smoked, or as salt-dried fish roe. Regulations: catch season: 1 Feb.-30 Nov. (Baja California to Jalisco), 1 Jan.- 31 Oct. (Colima to Chaipas), 16 Mar.-14 Nov. and 1-31 Jan. (Gulf of Mexico); closed season: 1 Dec.-31 Jan. (Baja California to Jalisco), 1 Nov.-31 Dec. (Colima to Chaipas), 15 Nov.-31 Dec. and 1 Feb.-15 Mar. (Tamaulipas and Veracruz); minimum size: 30 cm TL; mesh size: 3.5 in. (Pacific coast) and 4 in. (Gulf of Mexico) (Ref. 26550). |
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| States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html | ||