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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Rhabdosargus: Greek, rhabdos = stick + Latin, sargus = sargus (1591) (Ref. 45335).

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

; acqua dolce; salmastro demersale. Subtropical

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

Western Indian Ocean: Somalia to Durban, South Africa (Ref. 12484), including Madagascar and Europa Island (Ref. 3507).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3198); common length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3507)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 13; Spine anali 3; Raggi anali molli: 12. Bright yellow on ventral part of body including pelvic and anal fins.

Shoals congregate in rivers and many enter estuaries. Feeds on worms, crustaceans and particularly mollusks. Sold fresh.

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)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 December 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Rhabdosargus thorpei Smith, 1979