South Africa country information

Common names: Baardman, Baardman, Belman
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.), 1991
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref: van der Elst, R., 1993
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Occurs throughout the South African coast. Status of stock indeterminate; probably sound; of moderate importance to the fishery; component of the Cape spearfishing catch (Ref. 12484). Angling record: 7.2 kg; spearfishing record: 12.6 kg (Ref. 12484). Also Ref. 3397.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C., 1986
National Database:

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Ombrine bronze, Verrugato de Canarias, شفشف برونز أو معزة برونزية, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Umbrina: Latin, umbra, -ae = shadow, in the sense of phantom; due to its quick movements (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

marin démersal; profondeur 50 - 300 m (Ref. 4780), usually 150 - 200 m (Ref. 26999). Subtropical; 50°N - 28°S

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Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to South Africa (Ref. 4373), including the western Mediterranean. Western Indian Ocean: east coast of Africa (Ref. 3490); probably also in the Arabian Sea under synonyms capensis (non Pappe ?), sinuata Day and striata Boulenger.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 23.5 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 30573); common length : 40.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3593); âge max. reporté: 27 années (Ref. 127644)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 11; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 25 - 29; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 7. Juveniles with narrow oblique dark and light stripes, becoming obscure in adults (Ref. 4373).

Found in mud and sandy bottoms of the shelf and upper slope (Ref. 4780), 14° to 15° C (Ref. 36731). Feed on small shrimps, worms and other bottom invertebrates (Ref. 4780). Sold fresh and dried salted (Ref. 3490).

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Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Chao, L.N. and E. Trewavas, 1990. Sciaenidae. p. 813-826. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3593)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 September 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

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Pêcheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.9 - 19.7, mean 15 (based on 71 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00551 - 0.01314), b=3.13 (3.00 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.44 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.26).

Prior r = 0.55, 95% CL = 0.36 - 0.82, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.

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

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Low.

Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843