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Hiodontidae (Mooneyes)
Etymology: Hiodon: From Greek letter "gamma, "y", due to the shape of the teeth; Greek, odous = teeth; bone forming the base of the tongue (Ref. 45335); alosoides: alosoides --- shadlike, referring to its general shape and similarity to Alosa, Clupeidae (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Rafinesque.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce pélagique; potamodrome (Ref. 126106). Temperate; 69°N - 31°N
North America: western Ontario to the Mackenzie River as far down as Aklavik. In the east, it extends southwest below the Great Lakes, through the Ohio and Mississippi River drainages. In the, west it occurs southeast from western Alberta, through eastern Montana and Wyoming, to Oklahoma.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 52.0 cm FL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 40637); common length : 31.0 cm OT mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3221); poids max. publié: 1.7 kg (Ref. 4699); âge max. reporté: 14 années (Ref. 12193)
Adults occur in deep, open pools and channels of turbid, lowland rivers; small lakes and impoundments (Ref. 5723, 10294). They feed on surface and aquatic insects, crustaceans, mollusks, small fishes, frogs, shrew, and mice (Ref. 10294). Mature individuals migrate upstream in the spring to spawn and feed. Moves downstream in the fall. Mainly nocturnal. Preyed upon by birds, some mammals, and other fishes. Marketed smoked.
Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973. Freshwater fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 184: xi+1-966. (Ref. 1998)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.2500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00832 (0.00454 - 0.01523), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies. |
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Generation time |
9.2 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Fec = 5,761). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (63 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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