Cratinus agassizii, Graery threadfin seabass : fisheries

Cratinus agassizii Steindachner, 1878

Graery threadfin seabass
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets)
Etymology: Cratinus: Latin, cratis, -is = grating, grille (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Jean Louis Rudolphe Agassiz (1807–1873) was a Swiss-American geologist, glaciologist and zoologist whose speciality was ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 12 m (Ref. 55763). Tropical

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Eastern Pacific: Ecuador to southern Peru. Also in the Eastern Central Pacific (Ref. 9342).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Body elongate, not very deep, and little compressed; upper jaw lacking supramaxilla; teeth firmly placed; not folding back; lower branch of first gill arch with 12 to 15 gill rakers; 3 or 4 dorsal fin spines prolonged and filamentous; pelvic fins inserted slightly behind pectoral fins; anal fin with 7 soft rays; back light brown; belly pale; pectoral fins and prolonged dorsal spines reddish brown (Ref. 55763).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: other (see Diagnosi.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in mangrove areas as well as shallow inlets and bays (Ref. 5227).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators

CENAIM, 1992. A field guide to the edible fishes and shellfishes in coastal waters of Ecuador. Centro Nacional de Acuicultura e Investigaciones Marinas (CENAIM), Ecuador. 95 p. (Ref. 11035)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 21 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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