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Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Pachymetopon: Greek, pachys = fat + Greek, metopon = brow (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gilchrist & Thompson.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 20 - 50 m. Subtropical; 28°S - 34°S
Western Indian Ocean: known only from Sodwana Bay to the Cape in South Africa.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 25.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5213); common length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3507)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 10 - 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 13; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 10. Head cobalt blue, body blue-streaked bronzy-yellow.
Found on rocky substrate. Feeds on benthic organisms like worms, ascidians, crustaceans, mollusks and algae (Ref. 5213). Rarely caught by shore anglers. Esteemed food fish. Sold fresh in markets.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Also Ref. 28504.
Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1986. Sparidae. p. 580-594. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3198)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 15.7 - 23.8, mean 19.7 °C (based on 7 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00664 - 0.02501), b=3.04 (2.88 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.48 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.13; tmax=12).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 74.1 [39.8, 140.0] mg/100g; Iron = 1.05 [0.58, 1.86] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [18.6, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.322 [0.218, 0.500] g/100g; Selenium = 23.9 [11.5, 46.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.1 [3.6, 36.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.826 [0.580, 1.170] mg/100g (wet weight);