Lutjanus cyanopterus, Cubera snapper : fisheries, gamefish

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Lutjanus cyanopterus (Cuvier, 1828)

Cubera snapper
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
More on author: Cuvier.

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

marino; salmastro associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 18 - 70 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 46°N - 26°S, 98°W - 31°W (Ref. 55230)

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Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia and Bermuda (Anderson, pers. comm.) to the Amazon, Brazil. Rare north of Florida and apparently rare in the Gulf of Mexico.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 160 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 55); common length : 90.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 26938); peso massimo pubblicato: 57.0 kg (Ref. 9710); Età massima riportata: 55 anni (Ref. 116026)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 14; Spine anali 3; Raggi anali molli: 7 - 8. Mouth with thick lips. Preopercular notch and knob weak. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Back and sides pale to dark gray with a reddish tinge. The dorsal and caudal fins are grayish; the anal and pelvic fins reddish; the pectoral fins translucent or grayish.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults are found mainly around ledges over rocky bottoms or around reefs. Young sometimes inhabit mangrove areas. Maximum depth from Ref. 126840. Feed mainly on fishes, shrimps and crabs (Ref. 55) and lobsters using their strong canines (Ref. 123493). A wary fish, not easily approached underwater (Ref. 13442).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerabile, vedi Lista Rossa IUCN (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 10 October 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 55)





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fonti Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Genere, Specie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Database Nazionali | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, ricerca | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 21.7 - 27.6, mean 25.5 °C (based on 100 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00733 - 0.02265), b=2.99 (2.85 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 10.6 [5.5, 17.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.27 [0.16, 0.49] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [18.1, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.179 [0.101, 0.309] g/100g; Selenium = 33 [16, 63] μg/100g; VitaminA = 76.1 [12.6, 374.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.225 [0.158, 0.353] mg/100g (wet weight);