Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
Démersal; eau douce; saumâtre; profondeur 0 - 13 m (Ref. 116169), usually 2 - 5 m (Ref. 81178). Tropical; 38°N - 21°S, 89°W - 35°W
Western Atlantic: Trichechus manatus manatus: from the coasts and rivers of Mexico to as far south to Rio Doce, Brazil including the Orinoco and Amazon; Trichechus manatus latirostris: from the Florida Peninsula to Rhode Island. Tropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 390 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 1394); poids max. publié: 1.6 t (Ref. 1394)
Found in coastal marine, brackish and freshwater areas. Feeds on aquatic plants, (i.e. water hyacinths and marine seagrasses, algae, parts of mangrove trees, floating and shoreline vegetation); invertebrates (i.e. tunicates); and fish they remove from fishing nets (Ref. 1394). Found in coastal marine, brackish and freshwater areas (Ref. 1394), where primary habitat consists of rivers, coastal lagoons and bays and mangrove islands (Ref. 86755). Feeds on aquatic plants, (i.e. water hyacinths and marine seagrasses, algae, parts of mangrove trees, floating and shoreline vegetation); invertebrates (i.e. tunicates); and fish they remove from fishing nets (Ref. 1394).
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Taille/Âge
Croissance
Longueur-poids
Longueur-longueur
Morphologie
Larves
Abondance
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.9 - 28, mean 26.5 (based on 562 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.