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Oplegnathus fasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)

Barred knifejaw
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Malta country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Two specimens were observed in November (caught with a rod and line, photographed and released in La Vallette) and in December 2009 (observed by divers near Marsamxett Harbour, Malta) (Ref 95772).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mt.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Schembri, P.J., P. Bodilis, J. Evans and P. Francour, 2010
National Database:

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Oplegnathidae (Knifejaws)
Etymology: Oplegnathus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

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

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 1 - 10 m (Ref. 58302).   Temperate; 41°N - 22°N, 117°E - 154°W

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Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii. Introduced in Mediterranean Sea: Records from Malta (Ref. 95772); North Adriatic Sea, Gulf of Trieste, Italy (Ref. 106699); YYY (Ref. YYY in press, 2016).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 559); publicerad maxvikt: 6.4 kg (Ref. 40637)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal rocky reefs (Ref. 43239). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed (Ref. 12114, 12115, 58302).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

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Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition II. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp 867-1749. (Ref. 43239)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; Vattenbruk: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.1 - 25.2, mean 22 (based on 329 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):  3.6   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.