Calamus taurinus, Galapagos porgy : fisheries

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Calamus taurinus (Jenyns, 1840)

Galapagos porgy
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Calamus: Greek, kalamos = reed, cane (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jenyns.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 40 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Southeast Pacific: endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 11482)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 12; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 10.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Occurs over sand-rubble bottoms adjacent to reefs (Ref. 11482). Its strong molariform teeth are well adapted for crushing crabs, clams, and snails (Ref. 28023). An important food fish.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 18 - 23.3, mean 21.3 °C (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01064 - 0.04934), b=2.95 (2.78 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.3   ±0.52 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 96.6 [47.6, 185.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.822 [0.448, 1.665] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.6, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.17 [0.10, 0.31] g/100g; Selenium = 51.8 [24.1, 112.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.1 [5.2, 78.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.16 [0.75, 1.76] mg/100g (wet weight);