Sparodon durbanensis, Musselcracker seabream : fisheries, gamefish

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Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861)

Musselcracker seabream
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Sparodon: Latin, sparus = a fish with a golden head + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Castelnau.

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 80 m. Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Southeast Atlantic: Cape of Good Hope to Natal in South Africa. Also recorded from Djibouti (Ref. 5450) and from Mozambique (Ref. 5213).

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 35.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3507); common length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3507)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 11-12; Spine anali 3; Raggi anali molli: 10. Faint stripes on a greyish body; bluish glow while in water (Ref. 3198).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow coastal waters, mainly off rocky shores down to 80 m depth. Rarely enters estuaries. Young commonly found in tide pools. Feeds mainly on mollusks (Ref. 5213). An important food fish.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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): 18.1 - 28.3, mean 26.8 °C (based on 204 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.00993 - 0.03041), b=2.94 (2.79 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 9.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.09; tm=5.4; tmax=26).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (63 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 66.4 [30.6, 127.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.833 [0.443, 1.716] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.5, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.163 [0.088, 0.305] g/100g; Selenium = 73.3 [31.7, 157.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.41 [2.11, 31.18] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.728 [0.474, 1.094] mg/100g (wet weight);