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Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Symphurinae
Etymology: Symphurus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335); diomedeanus: Named for the Greek hero in the Trojan Was, Diomedes.
Eponymy: Diomedes was a Greek hero in the Trojan War. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 6 - 263 m (Ref. 5951), usually 21 - 80 m (Ref. 26268). Subtropical; 36°N - 40°S, 98°W - 35°W (Ref. 26268)
Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, inner continental shelf of South America to about Isla de Flores, Uruguay.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 35237); common length : 18.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3716)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 90 - 92; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 73 - 77.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Does not usually occur in shallow coastal or estuarine waters (Ref. 26268). Found on muddy bottoms. Feeds mainly on various benthic invertebrates particularly crabs and polychaete worms (Ref. 35237).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di potenziale interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 19.7 - 27.5, mean 24.7 °C (based on 270 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00490 - 0.01347), b=3.10 (2.95 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.3 ±0.46 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 45.3 [16.1, 119.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.626 [0.277, 1.200] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [17, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.148 [0.072, 0.304] g/100g; Selenium = 21.2 [9.7, 48.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 33.3 [7.2, 163.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.756 [0.455, 1.169] mg/100g (wet weight);
