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Eleginops maclovinus (Cuvier, 1830)

Patagonian blennie
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Chile country information

Common names: Hiamouch, Robalito, Robalo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Valaparaíso (Ref. 5964) to Tierra del Fuego (Ref. 27363). Also Ref. 4517, 8984.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Guite de Patagonie, Róbalo patagónico, Rock cod, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Notothenioidei (Icefishes) > Eleginopidae (Patagonian blennies)
Etymology: Eleginops: Greek, eleginos, -ou = a fish of the Nile + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 250 m (Ref. 127764).   Temperate; 32°S - 57°S, 76°W - 53°W

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Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Valparaíso, Chile and Patagonian region of Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 0.00 g

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-27; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. Caudal fin emarginate. Body blue brown dorsally and silvery yellow ventrally. First and second dorsal fins grayish, caudal fin brownish, their distal parts yellowish. Anal fin pale brown (Ref. 27363).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Corporacion de Fomento de la Produccion (Chile), 1980. Catálogo de recursos pesqueros Chile. Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Gerencia de Desarollo, CORFO, Santiago, Chile. (Ref. 5964)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7 - 16.1, mean 10.7 (based on 172 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00428 - 0.02232), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm <4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (76 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (100 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.