Cynoscion xanthulus, Orangemouth weakfish : fisheries, gamefish

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Cynoscion xanthulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Orangemouth weakfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Cynoscion: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 96339). Tropical; 33°N - 14°N, 118°W - 92°W

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Eastern Pacific: Mexico. Introduced into the highly saline waters of Salton Sea in southern California, USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 129 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 24.6 kg (Ref. 40637)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 9118).

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Oviparous (Ref. 240).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 24 January 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.6 - 27.9, mean 23 °C (based on 32 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00394 - 0.01459), b=3.07 (2.91 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (77 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 44.7 [27.5, 89.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.679 [0.341, 1.218] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.1, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.184 [0.088, 0.336] g/100g; Selenium = 65.1 [33.9, 130.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.3 [10.0, 84.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.953 [0.667, 1.391] mg/100g (wet weight);