Totoaba macdonaldi, Totoaba : fisheries, gamefish

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Totoaba macdonaldi (Gilbert, 1890)

Totoaba
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Mexico country information

Common names: Totoaba, Totoaba, Totoaba
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 9118.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: IUCN, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Acoupa totoaba, Corvinata totoaba, 麦氏犬牙石首鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Eponymy: Colonel Marshall ‘Marsh’ McDonald (1836–1895) was an American naturalist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

marina; brackvatten bentopelagisk; djupintervall 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 32°N - 17°N

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Formerly abundant, now threatened by extinction due to fishing and habitat change (Ref. 27438).

Size / Vikt / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9118); publicerad maxvikt: 100.0 kg (Ref. 32717); rapporterad maxålder: 24 år (Ref. 32373)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in coastal waters; juveniles in river mouths and near rocky coasts (Ref. 9118). Feed on fishes and shrimps (Ref. 9118).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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Chao, L.N., 1995. Sciaenidae. Corvinas, barbiches, bombaches, corvinatas, corvinetas, corvinillas, lambes, pescadillas, roncachos, verrugatos. p. 1427-1518. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico Centro-oriental. 3 volumes. 1813 p. (Ref. 9118)

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

  Vulnerable (VU) (A4bd); Date assessed: 21 August 2020

CITES

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja
FAO - fiskeri: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 19.8 - 26.7, mean 22.5 °C (based on 24 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00415 - 0.01744), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.3; tm=7; tmax=15).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (94 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 25.1 [13.8, 50.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.624 [0.304, 1.125] mg/100g; Protein = 19.9 [18.8, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.305 [0.168, 0.523] g/100g; Selenium = 42.1 [22.0, 85.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.63 [2.09, 23.22] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.526 [0.362, 0.795] mg/100g (wet weight);