Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828)
Argentine seabass
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Acanthistius brasilianus
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Serranoidei (Groupers) > Anthiadidae (Fairy basslets or Streamer basses)
Etymology: Acanthistius: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, istion = sail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Etymology: Acanthistius: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, istion = sail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 15 - 82 m (Ref. 127778). Subtropical; 13°S - 53°S, 67°W - 40°W
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found on the continental shelf in colder waters. Utilized to some degree for human consumption.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Pereiro, S. and A. Vásquez, 1988. Peces marinos III. p. 65-94. In G.B. Cabal, B. Marcheti (eds.) Fauna Argentina: Peces. Centro Editor de América Latina S.A., Junin, Buenos Aires, Brazil, 102 p. (Ref. 7392)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2009
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Recruitment
Abundance
Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Anatomy
Gill area
Brain
Otolith
Gill area
Brain
Otolith
Physiology
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetics
Genome
Genetics
Heterozygosity
Heritability
Genetic Diversity
Genome
Genetics
Heterozygosity
Heritability
Genetic Diversity
Human related
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Tools
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Fisheries: species profile, landings search; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01413 (0.00627 - 0.03183), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.0 ±0.71 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-4). |
| Rate of population increase | Prior r = 0.25, 95% CL = 0.17 - 0.38, Based on 1 full stock assessment. |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100). 🛈 |
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649) |
Very high vulnerability (86 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
High. |
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 41.5 [15.4, 85.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.644 [0.347, 1.238] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [14.6, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.38 [0.22, 0.65] g/100g; Selenium = 27.3 [14.4, 51.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.5 [7.1, 69.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.812 [0.565, 1.212] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. |