Plagioscion surinamensis, Pacora : fisheries, aquaculture

Plagioscion surinamensis (Bleeker, 1873)

Pacora
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Plagioscion: Greek, plagios = oblique + Greek, skiaina, skion = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

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

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 30 m. Tropical; 11°N - 17°S, 76°W - 48°W

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South America: Amazon and Magdalena River basins and coastal rivers of Suriname.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 27.3  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35237)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives in estuaries and lower part of streams. Feeds on fish (Ref. 35237). An important food fish. Depth range assumed (RF).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Casatti, L., 2003. Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers). p. 599-602. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36888)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 30 July 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.01047 (0.00664 - 0.01652), b=3.06 (2.93 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		4.5   ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Generation time 2.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		Medium.
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 77.7 [45.6, 148.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.823 [0.413, 1.518] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [18, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.218 [0.103, 0.405] g/100g; Selenium = 51.5 [26.3, 104.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 35.1 [11.7, 113.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.948 [0.652, 1.389] mg/100g (wet weight);