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Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Eponymy: In Roman mythology, Castor and his brother Pollux were the heavenly twins. However, in Latin Castor also means ‘beaver’, and the mormyrid was so named because of the teeth which protrude from its lower jaw, like a beaver’s incisors. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poey.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
بوم شناسي
دريايي نزديك كف زي; تغييرات عمق 45 - 400 m. Tropical; 32°N - 9°N, 98°W - 60°W
Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southeastern Florida, USA to Colombia.
Size / Weight / سن
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 26340); common length : 30.0 cm TL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 5217)
Inhabits hard bottom.
Life cycle and mating behavior
بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | تخم ها | Fecundity | توزاد ( لارو)
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
خطر برای انسان ها
Venomous
استفاده انسانی
ماهي گيري – شيلات: ارزش تحاري اندك
ابزارها
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منابع اينترنتي
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 16.7 - 25.4, mean 21.2 °C (based on 59 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00620 - 0.02676), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
جهندگی (Ref.
120179): پايين ، كم, كمينه زمان لازم براي دو برابر شدن جمعيت 5/4 – 14 سال (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).