Apapas

Categoría de longitud:  Medium (40-100 cm)

Nivel trópico:  Predator-fish

Patrón Migratorio:  Local (<100 km)

Período de desove:  Unknown

Mercado de exportación:  Regional (in Amazon)

Estado del mercado:  Third class

Distribución de capturas:

Apapá potential yield was estimated to be 935 tons. The main fishery regions are the Estuary (47%) and Tocantins (40%). The Lower Amazon (7%) and Central Amazon (5%) are moderately important.

Notas de historia natural:

The apapá commercial fish group consists of two species: apapá branco (Pellona flavipinnis) and apapá amarelo (P. castelnaeana). Apapá amarelo is captured mostly in large open waters of floodplain lakes and river channels, whereas apapá branco is captured mostly in the eastern Amazon under tidal influence. These species are thought by fishermen to migrate but little is known about their movements because there are no major fisheries that target these fish. Apapá feed mostly on small fish and shrimp.