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Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Brazilian flathead
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Brazil country information

Common names: Aipim, Congro-real, Peixe-aipim
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off southern Brazil (Ref. 27363).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Menezes, N.A. and J.L. Figueiredo, 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Platête brésilien, Pez palo, Cabeça-chata-do-Brasil, ... more

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

> Perciformes/Percophoidei (Duckbills) > Percophidae (Duckbills)
Etymology: Percophis: Greek, perke = perch + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

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

marino demersal; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 5 - 75 m (Ref. 127764).   Subtropical; 21°S - 49°S, 68°W - 41°W

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Southwest Atlantic: off southern Brazil to central Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 40.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 68.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55642); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6077); edad máxima reportada: 19 años (Ref. 97211)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 8 - 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 30-33; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 40 - 42

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Thompson, Bruce | Colaboradores

Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986. Important fishes trawled off Patagonia. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 369 p. (Ref. 27363)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO(pesquerías: producción; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.6 - 21.3, mean 10.4 (based on 240 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00151 - 0.00916), b=3.10 (2.89 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.56 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming tm=2-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.