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Common names: Black musselcracker, Musselcracker, Poenskop
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: commercial | Ref: van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.), 1991
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Natal to the Cape (Ref. 3198). Stock depressed and vulnerable; component of the commercial catch, sought by recreational fishers (Ref. 4332). Also Ref. 12484.
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: Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Spare nasique, Sargo narigón, أُسبور نَزيك, ... more

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

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Cymatoceps: Greek, kyma, -atos = wave, swelling, bump (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Castelnau.

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

marin; saumâtre démersal; profondeur 1 - 80 m (Ref. 3507). Subtropical; 22°S - 35°S

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Western Indian Ocean: Natal to the Cape in South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ?, range 53 - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3507); poids max. publié: 34.4 kg (Ref. 40637)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 12; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8. Adults with a large fleshy 'nose'.

Inhabits shallow, rocky coastal areas to 80 m depth. Rarely enters estuaries. Feeds on crabs, crayfish, sea urchins and other hard-shelled animals (Ref. 3670). Takes almost any bait (Ref. 3198). Important food fish. Head considered a delicacy in some areas (Ref. 3198). It is parasitised by the monogenean Anoplodiscus cirrusspiralis on the fins and body surface (Ref. 124057).

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Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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)

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

Vulnérable, voir Liste Rouge IUCN (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 15 November 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.7 - 26, mean 23.9 (based on 36 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00846 - 0.02836), b=3.06 (2.91 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.40 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Très faible, temps minimum de doublement de population supérieur à 14 ans (K=0.05; tmax=45).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861)