Diagnostic Description
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Body tall without stripes but with a black spot at the pectoral fin base (Ref. 35388).
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Life Cycle
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Most individuals are first males, then become females at a size of about 24 to 30 cm (Ref. 2715) or 17 to 29 cm TL; 2 to 7 years (eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea) (Ref. 4781). Also Ref. 28504.
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Migration
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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10
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Trophic Strategy
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Lives at 30-300 m (Ref. 9039)
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Biology
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Adults inhabit various types of bottoms, especially seagrass beds and sand down to 500 m depth, but more common between 40 and 100 m. The young are found nearer to the shore. Omnivorous, but prefer worms, mollusks and small crustaceans (Ref. 3688). Important food fish.
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Importance
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fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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