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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Stellifer: Latin, stella = satr + latin, fero = to carry (Ref. 45335); musicki: Named for Dr. Jack A. Musick, formerly at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary.
Eponymy: John ‘Jack’ Andrew Musick (1941–2021) was an American ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Southwestern Atlantic: endemic to Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125562)

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Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. This species is distinguished from all its congeners in the Atlantic with a horizontal or inferior mouth by having a large, oblique mouth and large eye (3.8-4.5 in HL); differs from S. collettei and S. macallisteri by their smaller eye, 5.0-7.1 and 4.4-5.4 in HL, respectively; differs from other moderately large-eyed species as follows: from S. griseus by having fewer gill rakers 31-38 (vs. 52-59); from S. cervigoni and S. rastrifer by their jet-black lining under gill cover, pale in S. musicki; from S. stellifer by the several small, finely serrated spines instead of 3 to 4 distinct strong spines at the lower corner of preopercle (Ref. 125562).

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Chao, N.L., A. Carvalho-Filho and J. de Andrade Santos, 2021. Five new species of Western Atlantic stardrums, Stellifer (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) with a key to Atlantic Stellifer species. Zootaxa 4991(3):434-466. (Ref. 125562)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2023

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00390 - 0.01696), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Stellifer musicki Chao, Carvalho-Filho & Andrade Santos, 2021