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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5521 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Nelit_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Nelit_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-5521 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-06-02 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5521 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Adults inhabit coastal waters with rocky substrate. Food consists of algae and associated invertebrates (Ref. 5213). van der Elst, R. 1981 A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. C. Struik, Cape Town. 367 p. (Ref. 3670) FB-Morphology-5521 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-30 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5521 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 25; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 23 - 26 Smith, M.M. 1986 Scorpididae. p. 604. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4371) FB-Distribution-5521 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-06-02 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5521 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Western Indian Ocean: Inhaca Island, Mozambique to False Bay, South Africa (Ref. 4371). van der Elst, R. 1981 A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. C. Struik, Cape Town. 367 p. (Ref. 3670) FB-Uses-5521 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-06-02 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5521 fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes Maugé, L.A. 1984 Kyphosidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean; (Fishing Area 51). Prepared and printed with the support of the Danish International Development (DANIDA), Rome, Vol. 2. (Ref. 9403) 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) FB-TrophicStrategy-5521 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-13 00:00:00 2000-11-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public lithophilus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Inhabits coastal waters with rocky substrate. Feeds on algae and the associated invertebrates. van der Elst, R. 1981 A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. C. Struik, Cape Town. 367 p. (Ref. 3670) FB-Size-5521 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-06-02 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5521 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 50.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9403)); max. published weight: 2,600 g (Ref. 4362); max. reported age: 10 years (Ref. 41883) Maugé, L.A. 1984 Kyphosidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. 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Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5521 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-06-02 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5521 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription demersal; marine