Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre demersal. Tropical; 18°C - 23°C (Ref. 2060)
Central America: Western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 13498); common length : 100.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3728)
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in rivers and lakes. Adults feed on other freshwater fishes and even birds. Young are preyed on by introduced Micropterus salmoides. The flesh is edible; but the eggs are poisonous to eat.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Lee, D.S., S.P. Platania and G.H. Burgess, 1983. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes, 1983 supplement. Occasional Papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey no. 1983-6. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, N.C. 67 p. (Ref. 13498)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Human uses
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia; Acuicultura: experimental
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.6426 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00229 (0.00091 - 0.00578), b=3.19 (2.97 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.5 ±0.71 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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