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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Atractoscion nobilis © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Atractoscion nobilis 3 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features use genus Elongate, fusiform, compressed, oval cross-section; eye moderate; mouth at front, weakly oblique, ends at rear of eye, lower jaw slightly projecting; no barbels on chin; teeth in multiple rows, front teeth pointed but are not canines; preopercle smooth; 13-18 rakers on 1st gill arch; raised ridge down center of belly; dorsal with long base, deep notch, X-XI, 19-23; anal II, 9-10, spines thin and short, 2nd spine ~1/2 length of 1st ray; pectoral and pelvics short; tail straight to slightly concave; scales small, all rough except smooth around eye, 70-85 on lateral line, fins not scaly. Metallic blue to coppery above, with dark specks; belly silver; inner base of pectoral with black blotch; juveniles 3-6 dark bars on upper back, dusky yellow fins. Size: 166 cm; 38 kg.. Habitat: rocky and algal bottoms. Depth: 1-125 m. Alaska to the Gulf of California. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos). Depth Range Max: 125 m. Depth Range Min: 1 m. Diet: octopus/squid/cuttlefish; bony fishes. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=50; Southern limit=22; Western limit=-124; Eastern limit=-106; Latitudinal range=28; Longitudinal range=18. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Estuary; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Rocks; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef and soft bottom. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 166 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; Continent only; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Brackish. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Ayres, W. O., 1860., Description of fishes., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1), 2:77-81. Breder, C.M. Jr., 1936., Scientific results of the second oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1926. Heterosomata to Pediculati from Panama to Lower California., Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collect. Yale Univ., 2(3):1-56. Castri-Aguirre, J.L., Espinoza-Pérez, H. and Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2002., Lista sitemática, biogeográfica y ecológica de la ictiofauna estuarino lagunar y vicaria de México. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:117-142. Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp. Eschmeyer , W. N. , Herald , E. S. and Hamman, H., 1983., A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Peterson Field Guide Ser. 28., Houghton Mifflin:336pp. Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Minckley, W.L., 2002., Fishes of the lowermost colorado river, its delta, and estuary: a commentary on biotic change. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:63-78. Pondella II, D.J., Gintert, B.E., Cobb, J.R., Allen, L.G., 2005., Biogeography of the nearshore rocky-reef fishes at the southern and Baja California islands., Journal of Biogeography, 32:187-201. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractoscion&speciesname=nobilis ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractoscion&speciesname=nobilis http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractoscion&speciesname=nobilis ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractoscion&speciesname=nobilis https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Atractoscion&speciesname=nobilis ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Atractoscion-nobilis.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Atractoscion Species in    Sciaenidae - Classification - Sciaenidae Eupercaria/misc Teleostei Chordata Animalia Atractoscion nobilis ( Ayres , 1860 ) White weakfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Atractoscion nobilis   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Atractoscion nobilis Picture by Steele, M.A. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) Etymology: Atractoscion: Greek, atraktos, arrow + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Ayres . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 122 m (Ref. 2850 ). Subtropical; 65°N - 22°N Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Pacific: Alaska to southern Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 166 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637 ); common length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9118 ); max. published weight: 41.0 kg (Ref. 2850 ); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 56049 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal spines : 2; Anal soft rays : 8 - 9; Vertebrae : 24. Pelvic fins with fleshy appendage at base. Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Often in schools over rocky bottom and in kelp beds (Ref. 2850 ). Also found in the surf zone (Ref. 2850 ). Young in bays and along sandy beaches (Ref. 2850 ). Feed on fishes, squids, and crayfish (Ref. 6885 ). Pelagic spawners (Ref. 56049 ). Excellent food fish (Ref. 9118 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Pelagic spawner (Ref. 56049 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann , 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 03 September 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Fisheries: landings ; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00404 - 0.01563), b=3.07 (2.91 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.3   ±0.70 se; based on food items. Generation time: 8.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.13; tm=4; tmax=20). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High to very high vulnerability (70 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 34.4 [18.9, 68.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.84 [0.43, 1.49] mg/100g; Protein = 19.8 [18.7, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.289 [0.167, 0.463] g/100g; Selenium = 38 [18, 79] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.2 [3.3, 39.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.43 [0.31, 0.64] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-04-19 01:59:26 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation