Hoplopagrus guentherii, Mexican barred snapper : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Hoplopagrus guentherii Gill, 1862

Mexican barred snapper

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Hoplopagrus guentherii
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Hoplopagrus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, pagros = a fish, Dentex sp. (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1830–1914) was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gill.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 55763). Tropical; 35°N - 5°S, 120°W - 76°W

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Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Colombia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 92.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9313); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9313); max. published weight: 9.6 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Body deep and compressed; anterior profile of head slightly sloping and somewhat convex; snout prominent; anterior nostril tubular; posterior nostril embedded in a deep furrow; preopercle deeply notched; vomerine and lateral jaw teeth molariform; lower branch of first gill arch with 11 to 15 gill rakers; dorsal scale series running parallel to lateral line; back greenish brown; belly pink; flanks with 8 brownish blue vertical bars (Ref. 55763). Post-opercular notch and knob strong; anterior nostril long and tubular. Scale rows on back running parallel to the lateral line. Color is greenish with a series of about eight bars on sides.

Adults are encountered generally over rocky bottoms in the vicinity of coral reefs, up to at least 40 or 50 m (Ref. 9313). Juveniles may penetrate rocky littoral pools (Ref. 9313). Carnivorous, feed on fishes and invertebrates of the bottom (Ref. 9313). Caught with handlines and marketed fresh (Ref. 9313).

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Allen, G.R., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(6):208 p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 55)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 May 2007

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.6 - 28.5, mean 25.2 °C (based on 54 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00709 - 0.03087), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (57 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 23.7 [14.3, 40.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.445 [0.244, 0.772] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [17.3, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.123 [0.082, 0.187] g/100g; Selenium = 38.8 [24.0, 66.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 60.5 [21.2, 184.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.896 [0.654, 1.232] mg/100g (wet weight);

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