Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi)

Scientific name: Totoaba macdonaldi Gilbert, 1890

Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi)

The Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae.

Biology

Found in coastal waters; juveniles in river mouths and near rocky coasts. Feed on fishes and shrimps.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Totoaba macdonaldi
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
200
Depth range
10 m (33 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - ? m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Formerly abundant, now threatened by extinction due to fishing and habitat change. International trade banned (CITES I, since 4.2.1977).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bcd)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.3; tm=7; tmax=15)

Sources

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

Last updated