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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Bathydemersal; brackish. Subtropical; 5°S - 55°S, 80°W - 65°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Chile, Peru and Argentina. Subtropical, tropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 4.5 kg (Ref. 1394)

Found on exposed rocky shores (Ref. 1394). Sometimes enters estuaries and rarely freshwater habitats, where it is marginally sympatric with Lutra canadensis provocax (Ref. 1522). Feeds on crabs, shrimps, mollusks, and fish; sometimes freshwater prawns (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Endangered (EN) (A2cd+3cde); Date assessed: 20 January 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix I: Endangered migratory species

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (60 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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