Argyrozona argyrozona, Carpenter seabream : fisheries, gamefish

Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830)

Carpenter seabream
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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Argyrozona: Greek, argyros = silver, silvered + Greek, zono = belt (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 20 - 200 m (Ref. 3198). Subtropical; 32°S - 35°S

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Western Indian Ocean: Natal to Table Bay in South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 29.5, range 23 - 29.7 cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3507); common length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3507); max. published weight: 3.5 kg (Ref. ); max. reported age: 27 years (Ref. 50711)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

An important food fish. Adults feed mainly on fish, crustaceans and cephalopods (Ref. 4350). Spawn mainly during summer (Ref. 4350). Sometimes undertake large-scale migrations (Ref. 4350).

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Bauchot, M.-L. and M.M. Smith, 1984. Sparidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). volume 4. [var. pag.] FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3507)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 02 December 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.6 - 19.5, mean 16.3 °C (based on 19 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00613 - 0.02054), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=5-6; tmax=27; K=0.07-0.08; Fec=11,000-1 million).
Prior r = 0.22, 95% CL = 0.15 - 0.33, Based on 2 stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (84 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33.1 [18.0, 66.6] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.825 [0.407, 1.508] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.2 [18.3, 20.1] % ; Omega3 = 0.349 [0.220, 0.552] g/100g ; Selenium = 28.8 [12.6, 57.1] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 29.8 [8.5, 95.2] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.652 [0.423, 1.003] mg/100g (wet weight);