Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre; rango de profundidad 0 - 2 m (Ref. 80914). Tropical
Distribución
Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones
Western Atlantic and Eastern Central Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found in mangroves (Ref. 83945). In terms of frequency and bulk food items of this species are in this order: fish, snails, crabs and insects, with fish being the most important food item. Caimans wait for fish to be within snapping distance, using ambush rather than pursuit. They lay motionless in the shallows or on the bottom of ponds and lakes or floating on the surface with either their eyes and nostrils showing or their head completely under water (Ref. 80914).
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Herramientas
Más información
Age/SizeCrecimientoLength-weightLength-lengthMorfologíaLarvaAbundancia
Fuentes de Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.6 - 28.5, mean 27 (based on 733 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
