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Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Hogchoker
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Netherlands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: not established
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: A single specimen (13.1 cm long) was caught alive at the Javaruggen in the Dutch Wadden Sea on 14 November 1984. Mentioned as introduced via ballast water, however as far as is known, not yet established in coastal waters (Ref. 80052).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wolff, W.J., 2005
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Common names from other countries

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

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Achiridae (American soles)
Etymology: Trinectes: Greek, tres, tria, = three + Greek, nekton = swimmer (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 40808); rango de profundidad 0 - 75 m (Ref. 57178), usually 50 - 60 m (Ref. 51483).   Subtropical; 5°C - 22°C (Ref. 13614); 43°N - 9°N, 79°W - 74°W (Ref. 57273)

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Western Central Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, to Panama.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 11.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193); edad máxima reportada: 7 años (Ref. 51483)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit coastal waters. They also enter fresh waters, going hundreds of miles upstream. Migrate downstream to spawn in spring (Ref. 36739). Larvae move upstream after hatching (Ref. 36739). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ramos, Robson T.C. | Colaboradores

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 October 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.4 - 24.5, mean 17.2 (based on 60 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5010   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00764 - 0.02276), b=3.07 (2.92 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=1; tmax=7; K=0.21(?)).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).