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Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Pagrus: Greek, pagros = a fish, Dentex, sp. (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre bentopelágico; rango de profundidad ? - 200 m (Ref. 3688), usually ? - 150 m. Tropical; 16°N - 17°S, 19°W - 12°E
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3688); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3688); peso máximo publicado: 5.6 kg (Ref. 4699)
Adults Inhabit hard (rock and rubble), sandy or muddy bottoms on the continental shelf and the upper slope to about 200 m depth, but not often descending beyond 150 m. The young found nearer to the coast than the adults. Feed on mollusks and fish (Ref. 3688). Important foodfish.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau, 1990. Sparidae. p. 790-812. 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. 2. (Ref. 3688)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 14.9 - 17.9, mean 16.4 °C (based on 17 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00609 - 0.02604), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 58.4 [30.2, 107.8] mg/100g; Iron = 1 [0, 3] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [17.7, 21.1] %; Omega3 = 0.225 [0.108, 0.464] g/100g; Selenium = 73.1 [32.7, 138.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26.3 [8.0, 75.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.07 [0.57, 2.24] mg/100g (wet weight);