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Ecologia
marino; acqua dolce; salmastro benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - ? m (Ref. 55263). Subtropical; 20°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060); 40°N - 16°N, 103°W - 76°W (Ref. 55263)
North America: Cape Fear drainage in North Carolina, USA to Veracruz, Mexico. Introduced to many countries. Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction. Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938).
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm 6.7, range 5 - 9.5 cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5723); 10.0 cm TL (female); common length : 3.4 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12193)
The large sail-like dorsal fin of the male is the most distinctive characteristic of this fish; coloration can vary from green, gray to jet black; speckled forms also common (Ref. 44091).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Adults are found in still or gently flowing warm water of small creeks and drains (Ref. 44894). They occur in ponds, lakes, sloughs, and quiet, often vegetated, backwaters and pools of streams (Ref. 5723) and also in coastal waters (Ref. 7251). Abundant in tidal ditches and brackish canals. They feed mainly on algae (Refs. 7251; 44091), also consumes animal material: rotifers, small crustaceans (such as copepods and ostracods) and aquatic insects (Ref. 79012). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106).
After 28 days gestation, this species produces 10 to 100 young.
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Potential pest
Usi umani
Pesca: elevato interesse commerciale; Acquario: elevato interesse commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01288 (0.00760 - 0.02184), b=3.06 (2.92 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (tm<1; mutiple spawning per year; Fec=10--300). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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