Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | highly commercial | Ref. | |
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993 |
Comments |
Represent 90% of `groundfish' landings; large adults (over 50 cm) are taken regularly in 50-100 m, but rare in shallow waters (Ref. 6709). Also in Ref. 5288, 50312. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sh.html |