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Embiotocidae (Surfperches)
Etymology: Hypsurus: Greek, hypsi = high + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Thomas Cary (1824–1888) of San Francisco was a businessman, amateur naturalist, and the brother-in-law of Louis Agassiz, who described the species. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Agassiz.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 1 - 50 m (Ref. 96339). Subtropical; 41°N - 30°N, 125°W - 115°W (Ref. 96339)
Eastern Pacific: Cape Mendocino in northern California, USA to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2850)
Adults occur in rocky shores, often at edges of kelp beds, occasionally over sand but not in surf (Ref. 2850). Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205). Caught mostly by rocky shore fishermen. Aggregates in the fall.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01950 (0.00850 - 0.04473), b=2.97 (2.77 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 93.3 [51.0, 164.4] mg/100g; Iron = 1.06 [0.61, 1.79] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.5, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.265 [0.164, 0.426] g/100g; Selenium = 22.5 [11.6, 44.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.2 [3.4, 36.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.778 [0.552, 1.131] mg/100g (wet weight); |