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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Boopsoidea: Greek, bous = caw + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335). More on author: Castelnau.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 30 m (Ref. 3198), usually - m (Ref. ). Subtropical; 0°C -

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Southeast Atlantic: known only from the Cape to Natal in South Africa.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3678)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11. Body bronzy; young vividly colored (Ref. 3198).

Occurs usually in the vicinity of scattered and flat reefs from 5 to 30 m depth. Found in shoals. Feeds on small crabs, worms, red bait and small pieces of seaweeds. Good food fish but spoils rapidly. A good bait for larger game fish.

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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. 124695)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 December 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; bait: occasionally

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.6 - 27.5, mean 25.4 °C (based on 228 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00620 - 0.02676), b=3.03 (2.87 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.50 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 30.4 [16.1, 60.3] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.808 [0.430, 1.457] mg/100g ; Protein = 20.4 [19.3, 21.4] % ; Omega3 = 0.218 [0.136, 0.377] g/100g ; Selenium = 16.5 [8.4, 30.1] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 44.5 [12.8, 136.7] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.91 [0.54, 1.42] mg/100g (wet weight);

Boopsoidea inornata Castelnau, 1861