Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacépède, 1801) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Bauchot, 1992h | Bauchot, 2003k | Chao & Trewavas, 1981 .
  • Common names : Afrikansk ørnefisk (Danish), Kob : Madagascar meagre / Mulloway / Southern meagre (English), Kotkakala (Finnish), Courbine du Sud / Maigre du Sud (French), Bocca d'oro (Italian), Fyandava (Malagasy), Votsyboly (Malagasy, Tanosy), Corvina / Corvina africana / Corvina real / Corvina-africana / Corvina-legítima / Guemba : Pungo / Pungo-preto (Portuguese), Corvina africana / Corvina del Sur (Spanish), Afrikansk havsgös (Swedish) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Torres, 1991 .
  • Current distribution known : from Ghana to Namibia, but possibly it extends further north to Senegal. Also present off South Africa, and in the Indo-Pacific region from East Africa to Australia .
  • Distribution_references : Bauchot, 1992h | Bauchot, 2003k | Chao & Trewavas, 1981 .
  • Fisheries / overfishing : Williams, 1968 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : in South Africa, it feeds mainly on fish (90% of stomachs) .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Marais, 1984 .
  • Habitat / home range : primarily a coastal species living over mud bottoms, often entering estuaries .
  • Habitat_references : Chao & Trewavas, 1981 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Bauchot, 1992h | Bauchot, 2003k | Chao & Trewavas, 1981 .
  • Reproduction : spawning occurs from spring to autumn .
  • Reproduction_references : Chao & Trewavas, 1981 .
  • Size : 2.000 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Labrus hololepidotus Lacépède, 1801: 48, 518, pl. 21, fig. 2. Type locality "Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar" fide Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 . 54. No type material, species based on a drawing by Commerson.