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StockCode SpecCode StockDefs StockDefsGeneral Level LocalUnique IUCN_Code IUCN_Assessment Protected StocksRefNo CITES_Code CITES_Date CITES_Ref CITES_Remarks Northernmost NorthSouthN Southermost NorthSouthS Westernmost WestEastW Easternmost WestEastE BoundingRef BoundingMethod TempMin TempMax TempRef EnvTemp Resilience ResilienceRemark pHMin pHMax pHRef dHMin dHMax dHRef GenBankID RfeID FIGIS_ID EcotoxID SCRFA_data GMAD_ID SAUP SAUP_ID SAUP_Group AusMuseum FishTrace IUCN_ID IUCN_Group BOLD_ID IGFAName EssayID ICESStockID OsteoBaseID DORIS_ID Aquamaps Morphology Occurrence Strains Ecology Diseases Abnorm Metabolism Predators Spawning Fecundity Speed Diet Eggs EggDevelop Food Larvae LarvDyn LarvSpeed PopDyn LengthWeight Gillarea Maturity MatSizes Processing Reproduction Introductions Abundance Vision Genetics Aquaculture CountryComp Allele GeneticStudies Ration Foods Ecotoxicology Brains Catches FAOAqua LengthRelations LengthFrequency Sounds Broodstock EggNursery FryNursery LarvalNursery Entered DateEntered Modified DateModified Expert DateChecked TS
1884 6 Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139). Atlantic, Indian and Pacific species in general Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and sub LC null 0 6376 null null null null 47 N 38 S 180 W 180 E 54341 1 21 30 26 subtropical High K=0.4-1.2; tm<1; tmax=5; Fec=85,000 null null null null null null 34814 mh 3130 null 0 null 1 600006 1 384 0 154712 null 13788 Dolphinfish null null 194 null 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1990-10-18T00:00:00.000Z 949 2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z 133 1996-02-27T00:00:00.000Z nullTo give due credit to the original authors, please cite data taken from FishBase by Main Ref. and/or Data Ref. of the respective record.
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