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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Argyrosomus: Greek, argyros = silvered, silver + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; demersal. Subtropical; 24°S - 36°S, 25°E - 35°E (Ref. 56860)

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Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique to Port Elizabeth, South Africa; also from the west coast of Madagascar.

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Maturity: L_m 33.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 71.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4373); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3490); max. published weight: 12.0 kg (Ref. 11025)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 28; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Body silvery, fins orange-brown or yellowish (Ref. 4373).

Found in coastal waters. Juveniles are found on sand or mud substrate and the adults predominantly on reef (Ref. 12200). Spawns in the winter (Ref. 12199). An important food fish. Sold fresh in markets.

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (A2bd); Date assessed: 02 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.7 - 25.2, mean 24.7 °C (based on 10 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00413 - 0.01752), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977