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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 3 - 50 m (Ref. 417). Tropical; 46°N - 17°S, 18°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: France south to Angola and east to Turkey.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104052)
Body length: 8 cm; Common body length: 3.0 to 6.0 cm (Ref. 417). Maximum depth from Ref. 79120. Intertidal (Ref. 122842), inshore (Ref. 105612) or along coasts (Ref. 78235). Found in an estuary (Ref. 122841). On sand (Refs. 417, 79120), mud (Refs. 417, 79383) and seagrass (Ref. 122842).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Schneider, W. 1990. (Ref. 417)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 16.5 - 27.4, mean 20.1 (based on 174 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.