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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/88363a52-63b9-4b2a-81e0-b670cbd4edfc/ Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rachycentron&speciesname=canadum ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rachycentron&speciesname=canadum http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rachycentron&speciesname=canadum ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rachycentron&speciesname=canadum https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Rachycentron&speciesname=canadum ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Rachycentron-canadum.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    Rachycentron Species in    Rachycentridae - Classification - Rachycentridae Carangiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Rachycentron canadum ( Linnaeus , 1766 ) Cobia 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. Rachycentron canadum   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Stamps, Coins Misc. | Google image Rachycentron canadum Picture by Cox, C.D. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangiformes (Jacks) > Rachycentridae (Cobia) Etymology: Rachycentron: Greek, rhachis, -ios = spine + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Linnaeus . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; brackish; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243 ); depth range 0 - 1200 m (Ref. 9739 ). Subtropical; 17°C - 32°C (Ref. 12459 ); 47°N - 37°S, 98°W - 166°E (Ref. 12459 ) Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, but absent in the eastern Pacific (Ref. 9739 , 33390 ) and the Pacific Plate, except marginally (Ref. 10948 ). Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ) to Bermuda and Massachusetts, USA to Argentina (Ref. 7251 ), including the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 9626 ) and entire Caribbean (Ref. 26938 ). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to South Africa. Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 2871 , 5213 , 6644 , 30573 ) and Hokkaido, Japan to Australia. Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ? , range 43 - ? cm Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10790 ); common length : 110 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3487 ); max. published weight: 68.0 kg (Ref. 7251 ); max. reported age: 15 years (Ref. 9739 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-33; Anal spines : 2-3; Anal soft rays : 22 - 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head broad and depressed; first dorsal fin usually with VIII short but strong isolated spines, not connected by a membrane; caudal fin lunate to emarginate in adults, upper lobe longer than lower, rounded in young with prolonged central rays. Colour of back and sides dark brown, with 2 sharply defined narrow silvery bands, belly yellowish (Ref. 10948 , 90102 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Adults occur in a variety of habitats, over mud, sand and gravel bottoms; over coral reefs, off rocky shores (Ref. 10948 ) and in mangrove sloughs; inshore around pilings and buoys, and offshore around drifting and stationary objects; occasionally in estuaries (Ref. 9739 ). Form small groups and may pursue small pelagic inshore (Ref. 48635 ). Feed on crabs, fishes, and squids (Ref. 5213 , 10948 , 13442 ). Form spawning aggregations during the warm months in the western Atlantic; eggs and larvae planktonic (Ref. 12459 ). Caught in small quantities due to its solitary behavior (Ref. 9626 ). Caught mainly with handlines, and by trolling pelagically offshore over the continental shelf (Ref. 10948 ). Good food fish; marketed fresh (Ref. 5284 ), smoked, and frozen (Ref. 9987 ). Also caught for sport (Ref. 26938 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Form spawning aggregations during the warm months in the western Atlantic; eggs and larvae planktonic (Ref. 12459 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Shaffer, R.V. and E.L. Nakamura , 1989. Synopsis of biological data on the cobia Rachycentron canadum (Pisces: Rachycentridae). NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 82, FAO Fisheries Synopsis 153. (Ref. 9739 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 21 August 2012 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Aquaculture: production , species profile ; 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 = 1.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00347 - 0.00661), b=3.11 (3.02 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies. Generation time: 3.0 (2.2 - 4.6) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 15 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.09-0.22; tm=2-3; tmax=15). Prior r = 0.63, 95% CL = 0.41 - 0.94, Based on 4 stock assessments. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  High vulnerability (62 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   High . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 13.7 [6.0, 25.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.49 [0.24, 0.88] mg/100g; Protein = 20 [19, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.167 [0.084, 0.369] g/100g; Selenium = 47.6 [20.3, 101.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18 [5, 73] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.435 [0.271, 0.692] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. 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: 2024-04-18 23:37:28 gmt TaiBIF | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation