Macrourus whitsoni, Whitson's grenadier : fisheries

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Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913)

Whitson's grenadier
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Macrourus: Greek, makroura = great tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.

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

marino batipelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 400 - 3185 m (Ref. 1371), usually 600 - 1500 m (Ref. 1371). Deep-water; 47°S - 79°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 1371)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Southern Ocean: Circumpolar (generally confined inside the Convergence except in the Falkland Islands area).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 84.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 124151); peso máximo publicado: 5.1 kg (Ref. 124151)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 2; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 124-125; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 110. Eyes relatively large. Snout short, moderately pointed, usually somewhat rounded with a high dorsal profile in adults, but often with prominent tubercles at its tip and lateral angles. Mouth large, lips thin. Underside of the head generally covered with small scales. Pyloric caeca 18 to 28. Overall color dark brown to swarthy in most individuals, but some are much paler; fins and lips blackish (Ref. 1371).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Remains of natant crustaceans (especially euphausiids), polychaetes, and fish (gonostomatids) have been found in the stomachs of three specimens examined.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Iwamoto, Tomio | Colaboradores

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -0.1 - 1.4, mean 0.6 °C (based on 598 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00200 (0.00120 - 0.00331), b=3.21 (3.06 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.49 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 20.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (65 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 21.3 [6.7, 49.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.311 [0.139, 0.894] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [14.9, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.044, 0.283] g/100g; Selenium = 25.4 [8.2, 68.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.1 [3.5, 217.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.472 [0.256, 0.945] mg/100g (wet weight);