Pescadas

Categoria de comprimento:  Medium (40-100 cm)

Nível trópico:  Predator-crustaceans

Padrão migratório:  Local (<100 km)

Período de desova:  All periods

Mercado de exportação:  International (outside South America).

Status do mercado:  Second class

Distribuição de capturas:

Pescada potential yield was estimated to be 6,800 tons. Three fishery regions account for 80% of potential yield: Estuary (34%), Tocantins (28%) and Brazilian-Colombian-Peruvian Border (19%). The Lower Amazon (8%), Central Amazon (6%) and Peruvian Amazon (6%) are of moderate importance.

Notas de História Natural:

The pescada category of commercial food fishes includes species in three genera (Plagioscion, Pachyurus and Pachypops). Plagioscion squamosissimus is the most important species in most of the Amazon. Plagioscion auratus, P. squamosissimus and P. surinamensis are the most important species in the estuary. It is unclear to what extent Plagioscion squamosissimus might migrate though schools are occasionally encountered in river channels. Most catches come from whitewater river floodplains. Pescada species live near the bottom where they feed on fish and shrimp.