Scomberomorus sierra, Pacific sierra : fisheries, gamefish

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Scomberomorus sierra Jordan & Starks, 1895

Pacific sierra
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Mexico country information

Common names: Serrucho, Sierra, Sierra del Pacifico
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Baja California, Guaymas, Mazatlan, and Sonora (Ref. 1909). Also Ref. 9987.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Thazard sierra du Pacifique, Carite sierra, Sierra del Pacífico, ... more

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

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Scomberomorus: Latin, scomber = mackerel + Greek, moros = silly, stupid (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Starks.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino pelagic-neritic; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 10 - 60 m (Ref. 91172). Tropical; 33°N - 27°S, 121°W - 70°W (Ref. 168)

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Eastern Central Pacific: La Jolla in southern California, USA to the Galapagos Islands and Paita, Peru. Recently reported from Antofagasta, Chile. Many authors have erroneously considered this species to be a synonym of Scomberomorus maculatus, or a subspecies of it.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm 43.9, range 26 - 32 cm
Max length : 99.0 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 60.0 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 168); peso máximo publicado: 8.2 kg (Ref. 4699)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 15 - 18; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 16 - 19; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 21; Vértebra: 46 - 49. Interpelvic process small and bifid. Body covered with small scales. Lateral line gradually curving down toward caudal peduncle. Intestine with 2 folds and 3 limbs. Swim bladder absent. Pelvic fins relatively long. Sides silvery with numerous round brownish (orange in life) spots, three rows above lateral line, one above. The first dorsal fin is black distally and white at the base. The second dorsal fin is tinged with yellowish and with black margin. The anal fin is white.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A schooling species believed to spawn close to the coast over most of its range. Adults occur near the surface of coastal waters to over bottom of the continental shelf (Ref. 11035). Adults feed on small fishes, particularly anchovies (Anchoa and Cetengraulis) and clupeids (Odontognathus and Opisthonema). The most abundant game fish along the Pacific coasts of Mexico and Central America. An excellent food fish enough to support a commercial fishery. Marketed fresh and frozen; also used for ceviche (Ref. 9987).

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Collette, Bruce B. | Colaboradores

Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 September 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 19.4 - 28.9, mean 25.8 °C (based on 80 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00405 - 0.00940), b=2.93 (2.81 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.5   ±0.8 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming tm=2-4).
Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (64 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 32.7 [14.5, 115.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.827 [0.363, 2.008] mg/100g; Protein = 20.7 [19.4, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.253 [0.153, 0.419] g/100g; Selenium = 54.2 [19.9, 174.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 23.4 [5.6, 102.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.651 [0.429, 1.035] mg/100g (wet weight);