Atractoscion nobilis, White weakfish : fisheries, gamefish

Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres, 1860)

White weakfish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Atractoscion: Greek, atraktos, arrow + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).  More on author: Ayres.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 122 m (Ref. 2850).   Subtropical; 65°N - 22°N

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Eastern Pacific: Alaska to southern Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 166 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); common length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9118); max. published weight: 41.0 kg (Ref. 2850); max. reported age: 20 years (Ref. 56049)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-23; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 24. Pelvic fins with fleshy appendage at base.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Often in schools over rocky bottom and in kelp beds (Ref. 2850). Also found in the surf zone (Ref. 2850). Young in bays and along sandy beaches (Ref. 2850). Feed on fishes, squids, and crayfish (Ref. 6885). Pelagic spawners (Ref. 56049). Excellent food fish (Ref. 9118).

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Pelagic spawner (Ref. 56049).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 120744)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2007

CITES (Ref. 118484)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9 - 22.9, mean 12.8 (based on 76 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00423 - 0.01637), b=3.06 (2.90 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.70 se; Based on food items.
Generation time: 8.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median LN(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.13; tm=4; tmax=20).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (70 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.