Castin leatherjacket (Oligoplites saliens)

Scientific name: Oligoplites saliens Bloch, 1793

Castin leatherjacket (Oligoplites saliens)

The Castin leatherjacket (Oligoplites saliens) is a brackish-water fish of the family Carangidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, Laguna de Caratasca, Honduras to Montevideo, Uruguay.

Biology

Found over soft bottoms of the continental shelf, often inshore and in estuaries. Also pelagic and encountered throughout the water column. May feed on plankton by ram-filtering. Juveniles feed mainly on planktonic crustaceans and chaetognaths, to a minor extent on benthic crustaceans and polychaetes, besides scales taken from larger fishes. Generally spawns in summer. Eggs are pelagic. Marketed mostly fresh.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Oligoplites saliens
Family
Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Common length
35.0
Depth range
40 m (131 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 40 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Laguna de Caratasca, Honduras to Montevideo, Uruguay.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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