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Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Diplodus: Greek, diploos = twice + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 0 - 50 m (Ref. 27121). Tropical; - 35°S
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: Angola to Mozambique and southern Madagascar, possibly reaching Mauritius (Ref. 3168, 3198).
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 21.1  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3198); common length : 30.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3507); âge max. reporté: 21 années (Ref. 26244)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 12; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 14 - 15; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 13 - 14. Young specimens with fine crossbars; large adults almost uniformly black.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Adults occur in shallow rocky and sandy substrate; juveniles in shallow reefs, estuary mouths and intertidal pools, sandy beach surf zone. Omnivorous on seaweeds, sponges and bivalves. Also feeds on crustaceans, worms, mollusks, and fish. Sold fresh or whole and as bait.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur; pêche sportive: oui; appât: usually
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 18.6 - 27, mean 25.9 °C (based on 56 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.01055 - 0.01647), b=3.04 (3.01 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.7 ±0.15 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 7.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tm=3; tmax=21).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 50.6 [25.9, 83.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.626 [0.349, 1.128] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [18.2, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.127 [0.067, 0.248] g/100g; Selenium = 33.1 [18.4, 56.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 63 [18, 194] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.35 [0.92, 1.85] mg/100g (wet weight);