Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Lal Mohan, 1984 .
  • Common names : Snapperkob (Afrikaans), Newaiby / Nuwaibi / Shmahi / Yanam (Arabic), Stortandet trommefisk (Danish), Croaker / Drum / Jewfish croaker / Longtooth salmon / Longtoothed salmon / Rosy jewfish / Silver teraglin / Snapper kob / Snapper salmon / Tiger-tooth croaker / Tiger-toothed croaker / Tigertooth croaker / Toothed croaker / Wire-tooth / Yankee whiting (English), Höbedane pootsmankala / Kihv-pootsmankala / Punane pootsmankala (Estonian), Grande verrue tigre (French), Troisdents (Malagasy), Telonify (Malagasy, Betsimisaraka), Corvina / Corvina dentuça / Menyuana / Pfumbe / Rainha-dentuda (Portuguese), Laqanto (Somali: Somalia), Bombache tigre mayor / Corvina tigre (Spanish), Gufadi / Pooza (Swahili: Kenya / Tanzania) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Torres, 1991 .
  • Current distribution known : found in South and East Africa and Madagascar east to Philippines, north to South China Sea, south to Queensland (Australia) .
  • Distribution_references : Lal Mohan, 1984 | Whitefield, 1998 .
  • Fisheries / overfishing : Schultz, 1992 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : in South Africa, it is a rather sluggish carnivore which hunts in an opportunistic manner. In Lake St Lucia, they prey mainly on pelagic clupeids and engraulids, although penaeid prawns were also consumed. In the marine environment they feed on small fish, squid and shrimps .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Fischer et al., 1990 | Lal Mohan, 1984 | Whitefield, 1998 .
  • Growth / growth performance : Brash & Fenessy, 2005 .
  • Habitat / home range : coastal waters, entering estuaries .
  • Habitat_references : Lal Mohan, 1984 | Whitefield, 1998 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Dharmarajan, 1936 | Lal Mohan, 1984 | Whitefield, 1998 .
  • Reproduction : in South Africa, sexual maturity is attained at about 23 cm SL, with breeding occurring in the nearshore marine environment during spring and summer (September-February). Both ripe and spent individuals have been recorded in estuaries, i.e. they leave estuaries before the ripe-running stage is attained and return when spawning is complete .
  • Reproduction_references : Whitefield, 1998 .
  • Size : 700 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Johnius ruber Schneider in Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 75, pl. 17. Type locality: "habitat in mari alluente Tranquebariam". Holotype (half-skin) ZMHU n° 5528.
    • Otolithus argenteus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes (ex MS Kuhn & Van Hasselt), 1830: 62. Type locality: "Batavia". No type material. Species based on a painting sent by Kuhn and Van Hasselt.
    • Otolithus orientalis Seale, 1910: 281, pl. 4. Type locality: Sandakan, Sabah state, Borneo Island, East Malaysia. Holotype BSMP 2744.
    • Otolithus tridentifer Richardson, 1846: 225. Type locality: Canton, China. Holotype BMNH 2004.11.24.3 (left half skin).
    • Otolithus versicolor Cuvier, 1829: 126. Type locality: Vizagapatam, India. No types known.