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Syacium micrurum Ranzani, 1842

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

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cyclopsettidae (Sand whiffs)
Etymology: Syacium: Greek, yagke, -es = cheek; diminutive (Cfr. Aaptosyax).

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

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad ? - 412 m (Ref. 5951), usually ? - 100 m (Ref. 5217). Tropical; 30°N - 23°S

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

Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Florida, USA to São Paulo, Brazil. Records of Syacium micrurum from the eastern Atlantic refer to Syacium guineensis.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5377); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217); peso máximo publicado: 500.00 g (Ref. 27584)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 83-92; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 64 - 74. In males, the 1st and 2nd rays of the pectoral fin become filamentous (Ref. 35237).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found on soft bottoms of the continental plateau (Ref. 5217, 5377). Feeds on worms and crustaceans. Exhibits sexual dimorphism (Ref. 35237).

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

Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Murakami, T. and K. Amaoka, 1992. Review of the genus Syacium (Paralichthyidae) with the description of a new species from Ecuador and Columbia. Bull. Fac. Fish. Hokkaido Univ. 43(2):61-95. (Ref. 10878)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Fuentes de Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Bases de datos nacionales | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00420 - 0.02273), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.39 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 99.6 [49.0, 182.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.834 [0.376, 1.552] mg/100g; Protein = 16.1 [13.8, 18.5] %; Omega3 = 0.191 [0.080, 0.420] g/100g; Selenium = 88.8 [44.8, 183.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.1 [7.9, 78.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.18 [0.79, 1.69] mg/100g (wet weight);