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Oplegnathus peaolopesi Smith, 1947

Mozambique knifejaw
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> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Oplegnathidae (Knifejaws)
Etymology: Oplegnathus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Peão Lopes of the Lourenco Marques Museum was described as “…a most able collector and technician”. He collected eight of the records of fishes in or near Delagoa Bay that Smith discussed in his paper, presumably including the knifejaw holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Smith.

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

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 20 - 130 m. Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Delagoa Bay in Mozambique northwards (Ref. 4387), but the northern limit of its range in not known (Ref. 9660).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9660); common length : 50.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9660)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 11; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 20 - 21; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 3; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 16. Adults dark bronzy brown in color.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits reef areas and feeds on benthic invertebrates.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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Heemstra, P.C., 1984. Oplegnathidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing area 51). Vol. 3, FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9660)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.9 - 26.6, mean 25.6 °C (based on 16 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.