Issue
This name has often been wrongly used for the more common Fistularia commersonii (Ref. 2334).
Environment: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / distribution range
Ecologie
marien; brak water rifbewoner; diepte 10 - 200 m (Ref. 9563), usually 18 - 57 m (Ref. 47377). Tropical; 44°N - 39°S
Western Atlantic: Argentina (Ref. 86323), southern Brazil to Massachusetts (Ref. 47377). Eastern Atlantic: Galicia, Spain (Ref. 74931), Cape Blanc and Cape Verde to Angola (Ref. 6557). Mediterranean: Cadiz, Spain (southern Iberian Peninsula) (Ref. 34227). Reported from Walvis Bay, Namibia (Ref. 4272). Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Red Sea, to the Hawaii and Tuamoto Is., north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Victoria, Australia (Ref. 33390).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 26999); common length : 180 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 47377); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 4.7 kg (Ref. 4883)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 13 - 15; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 14 - 15. With a row of bony plates along the midline (absent in F. commersoni); reddish or brownish-orange in color (whereas F. commersoni is greenish-brown).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found in the sublittoral zone (Ref. 11230); inhabits coastal areas over soft bottoms, usually at depths greater than 10 m (Ref. 30573). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on small fishes and shrimps (Ref. 3401). Maximum length reported is 200 cm TL (Ref. 26999), however, no specimen over 100 cm is known to J.E. Randall (Ref. 11441).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Fritzsche, R.A., 1990. Fistulariidae. p. 654-655. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6557)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: visserij voor eigen gebruik; sportvis: ja
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 21.3 - 29, mean 27.5 °C (based on 2574 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00043 (0.00025 - 0.00073), b=3.06 (2.91 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 4.4 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 27.8 [13.8, 54.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.659 [0.360, 1.241] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.112 [0.055, 0.241] g/100g; Selenium = 103 [49, 218] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.3 [5.8, 63.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.747 [0.487, 1.175] mg/100g (wet weight);
