Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | commercial | Ref. | Frimodt, C., 1995 |
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Figueiredo, J.L. and N.A. Menezes, 2000 |
Comments |
Its year round availability makes it an important food fish in northeastern Brazil (Ref. 9987). Museum: Belém market, USNM 217550 (holotype of S. brasiliensis, 50.2 cm FL) (Ref. 1909). Also Ref. 36453. |
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States/Provinces | Alagoas (native), Amapá (native), Bahia (native), Ceará (native), Espírito Santo (native), Maranhão (native), Pará (native), Paraíba (native), Paraná (native), Pernambuco (native), Piauí (native), Rio de Janeiro (native), Rio Grande do Norte (native), Rio Grande do Sul (native), Santa Catarina (native), São Paulo (native), Sergipe (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html |