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Etymology: Chloroscombrus: Greek, chloros = green + Greek, skombros = the name of several fishes, a mackerel (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic. Subtropical; 33°N - 18°S, 122°W - 70°W
Eastern Pacific: San Pedro, southern California, USA to Peru, including the Gulf of California.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9283); common length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)
Body oval and strongly compressed; snout short and blunt; chest covered with scales; lateral line conspicuously curved anteriorly, with 6 to 14 very weak scutes along the caudal peduncle; lower branch of first gill arch with 9 to 12 gill rakers; body and head blue green; flanks and belly silvery; edge of operculum with very characteristic black stain; dorsal region of caudal also stained black (Ref. 55763).
Adults form schools in coastal marine and brackish waters, including lagoons with mangroves (Ref. 9283). Often make a grunting sound when captured (Ref. 9283). Marketed fresh, salted and fried (Ref. 9283).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00776 (0.00503 - 0.01199), b=2.94 (2.81 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
2.5 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies. |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming tm=1). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 🛈 |
Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 107 [57, 228] mg/100g; Iron = 1.38 [0.80, 2.63] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.6, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.391 [0.222, 0.714] g/100g; Selenium = 30.1 [16.1, 57.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.5 [3.8, 32.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.26 [0.89, 1.80] mg/100g (wet weight); |