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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🎣 Game Fish 🌡️ Subtropical 🎣 Game Fish

Blotched picarel

Spicara maena Linnaeus, 1758
Max Length
25 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
4.2
Depth
30–130 m
Climate
Subtropical
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
36.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
pelagic

📖 Overview

Adults are found in the neritic zone, commonly over Posidonia beds and on sand, muddy and rock bottoms down to about 100 m . They are distributed at depths of 30m to 90m . Feed on zooplankton. Are protogynous hermaphrodites. A demersal spawner .

Scientific Name
Spicara maena
Authority
Linnaeus, 1758
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Subtropical
Body Shape
Fusiform / normal
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
25 cm
Depth Range
30–130 m
Trophic Level
4.2
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
36.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

: fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Blotched picarel is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Blotched picarel is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Size at Maturity
11.5cm TL

Sex reversal occurs at lengths over 10.9 cm TL in the northeastern Mediterranean . Also Ref. 103751.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 30 - 130 m . Subtropical; 47°N - 28°N, 19°W - 42°E

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🐟 Pelagic
Trophic Level
4.2±0.6
Food Items

zooplankton

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.01096 × L3.02 (TL)
Max TL
25cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2009

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
36.00/100
Moderate vulnerability
Trophic Level
4.2
Apex / Top predator
Body Shape
Fusiform / normal
Climate Zone
Subtropical
Described By
Linnaeus, 1758

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