Cynoscion striatus, Striped weakfish : fisheries

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Cynoscion striatus (Cuvier, 1829)

Striped weakfish
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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Cynoscion: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 60 m (Ref. 54344). Subtropical; 10°S - 45°S, 65°W - 33°W

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Southwest Atlantic: southern Brazil to central Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 31 - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. ); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6077)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-21; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Caudal fin shallowly emarginate (Ref. 27363).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum length assumed to be 1.5 * 40 = 60 cm TL (RF).

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Menni, R.C., R.A. Ringuelet and R.H. Aramburu, 1984. Peces marinos de la Argentina y Uruguay. Editorial Hemisferio Sur S.A. Buenos, Aires, Argentina. 359 p. (Ref. 2806)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.3 - 22.9, mean 15.9 °C (based on 152 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00635 - 0.01504), b=2.97 (2.84 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=3; K=0.23-0.28; Min batch fecundity >10,000).
Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 1 stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 80.5 [38.1, 150.0] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.04 [0.62, 1.79] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.2 [17.8, 20.8] % ; Omega3 = 0.354 [0.215, 0.535] g/100g ; Selenium = 38.7 [20.2, 71.5] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 10.2 [3.6, 32.3] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.712 [0.486, 1.110] mg/100g (wet weight);