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Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida in USA and the entire Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela; possibly to Brazil. The name
Equetus acuminatus
was misapplied to this species.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
7251
); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
5217
)
Found over soft bottoms (Ref.
9626
) of coastal waters. Secretive but approachable (Ref.
9710
). Has been reared in captivity (Ref.
35408
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity
|
Reproduction
|
Spawning
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Eggs
|
Fecundity
|
Larvae
Smith-Vaniz, W.F., B.B. Collette and B.E. Luckhurst
, 1999. Fishes of Bermuda: history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 4. 424 p. (Ref.
35505
)
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 23 - 27.9, mean 25.6 °C (based on 322 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00278 - 0.01190), b=3.11 (2.93 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Medium
.
Nutrients (Ref.
124155
): Calcium = 52.6 [20.1, 107.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.616 [0.286, 1.222] mg/100g; Protein = 19.8 [18.4, 21.2] %; Omega3 = 0.148 [0.071, 0.278] g/100g; Selenium = 18.6 [8.0, 43.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48.5 [11.8, 228.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.885 [0.527, 1.448] mg/100g (wet weight);
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