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FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features use genus Totoaba Body elongate, compressed; snout sharp, lower jaw projecting; mouth large, oblique; no barbels on chin or lower jaw; teeth in narrow bands, somewhat enlarged and conical on outer row of top jaw, including a few sharp teeth at tip of jaw; inner teeth of lower jaw slightly larger than those of outer row; margin of preopercle almost smooth; rakers on first gill arch 15-20 (10-16 on lower limb); dorsal X + I,23-26, with deep notch; anal II, 7-8, 2nd spine moderate; pectoral 15-17 rays; margin of tail pointed, middle rays longest; 50-56 pored lateral line scales. Dusky silver, fins darker; juvenile spotted. Reaches 200 cm and nearly 100 Kg. Habitat: benthic on soft bottoms, entering rivers to spawn, juveniles usually in river mouths and around rock reefs. Depth: 0-25 m. Northern 2/3 of the Gulf of California. Formerly very abundant, but now stock is seriously depleted due to overfishing. A much sought after food fish. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Appendix I. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap). Depth Range Max: 25 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=26; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-109; Latitudinal range=6; Longitudinal range=6. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Estuary; Mud; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef and soft bottom; Reef (rock &/or coral); Water column. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Critically endangered; Listed. Length Max: 200 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Northern Gulf of California endemic; Continent only; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Brackish; Marine; Freshwater. Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom; Bottom + water column; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References 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. 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. Gilbert, C.H., 1890., A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 13:49-126. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part II., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:1241-2183. 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. Musick, J.A., Harbin, M.M., Berkeley, S.A., Burgess, G.H. Eklund, A.M., Findley, L., Gilmore, R.G., Golden, J.T., Ha, D.S., Huntsman, G.R., McGovern, J.C., Parker, S.J., Poss, S.G., Sala, E., & Schmidt, T.W., Sedberry, G.R., Weeks, H., Wright, S.G., 2000., Marine, estuarine, and diadromous fish stocks at risk of extinction in North America (exclusive of Pacific salmonids)., Fisheries, 25:6-30. 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=Totoaba&speciesname=macdonaldi ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Totoaba&speciesname=macdonaldi http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Totoaba&speciesname=macdonaldi ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Totoaba&speciesname=macdonaldi https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Totoaba&speciesname=macdonaldi ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Totoaba-macdonaldi.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    Totoaba Species in    Sciaenidae - Classification - Sciaenidae Eupercaria/misc Teleostei Chordata Animalia Totoaba macdonaldi ( Gilbert , 1890 ) Totoaba 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. Totoaba macdonaldi   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Totoaba macdonaldi Picture by Kira, G. 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: More on author: Gilbert . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 32°N - 17°N Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Formerly abundant, now threatened by extinction due to fishing and habitat change (Ref. 27438 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9118 ); max. published weight: 100.0 kg (Ref. 32717 ); max. reported age: 24 years (Ref. 32373 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found in coastal waters; juveniles in river mouths and near rocky coasts (Ref. 9118 ). Feed on fishes and shrimps (Ref. 9118 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Chao, L.N. , 1995. Sciaenidae. Corvinas, barbiches, bombaches, corvinatas, corvinetas, corvinillas, lambes, pescadillas, roncachos, verrugatos. p. 1427-1518. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico Centro-oriental. 3 volumes. 1813 p. (Ref. 9118 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Vulnerable (VU)  (A4bd); Date assessed: 21 August 2020 CITES Appendix I: International trade banned CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: 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 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00413 - 0.01752), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.1   ±0.70 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.3; tm=7; tmax=15). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  Very high vulnerability (94 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 25.1 [13.8, 50.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.624 [0.304, 1.125] mg/100g; Protein = 19.9 [18.8, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.305 [0.168, 0.523] g/100g; Selenium = 42.1 [22.0, 85.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.63 [2.09, 23.22] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.526 [0.362, 0.795] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2024-04-27 04:20:23 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation