Benin country information

Common names: Agban, Agban, Gban
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Ouémé River estuary (Ref. 55411).
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Main Ref: Lalèyè, P., A. Chikou, J.-C. Philippart, G. Teugels and P. Vandewalle, 2004
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Common names from other countries

Guinée d'Afrique occidentale, Malacho de Africa occidental, Ten-pounder, ... more

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> Elopiformes (Tarpons and tenpounders) > Elopidae (Tenpounders)
Etymology: Elops: Greek, ellops = a kind of serpent (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser; süßwasser; brackwasser; tiefenbereich 1 - 50 m (Ref. 26999). Tropical; 21°N - 29°S, 20°W - 15°E

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Eastern Atlantic: coastal waters of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola or Namibia (Ref. 4445, 81265, 81629). Sometimes it enters freshwater, like in Cross River and Kouilou-Niari River (Ref. 81629). It is often confused with Elops senegalensis (Ref. 81629).

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5377); common length : 60.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 2683)

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Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Afterflossenstacheln: 0. Diagnosis: Elops lacerta is characterized by 17-19 gill-rakers on lower limb of first gill arch and small scales, those in lateral line numbering 72 to 83 and ornamented with a small, unbranched, tubule (Ref. 2844, 81265, 81629).

Elops lacerta lives in shallow coastal waters over sandy/muddy bottoms, occasionally entering brackish waters and the lower reaches of rivers; from inshore and some way up tidal rivers to edge of shelf (Ref. 4445, 81265, 81629). The reproduction takes place in the sea (Ref. 81265). It feeds primarily on small fishes, mainly clupeids, crustaceans and molluscs; large specimens also feed on insects (Ref. 81629).

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Whitehead, P.J.P., 1990. Elopidae. p. 118-119. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4445)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 April 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Harmless

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.8 - 28, mean 26.7 (based on 68 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5176 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00487 - 0.00855), b=2.97 (2.89 - 3.05), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.75 se; based on food items.

Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Assuming tm=2-3; K=0.7 for juveniles).

Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (60 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).

Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): High.

Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847