Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Current distribution known : occurs throughout the southern Mediterranean and along the west coast of Africa to southern Angola .
  • Distribution_references : Heemstra &. Randall, 1993 .
  • Fisheries / overfishing : Poinsard, 1969 | Williams, 1968 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : in west African waters, it feeds on fishes (58%), stomatopods (21%), crabs (10%), and cephalopods .
  • Habitat / home range : adults are found on rocky or mud and sand bottoms in depths of 20 to 200 m; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries .
  • Habitat_references : Heemstra &. Randall, 1993 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Heemstra &. Randall, 1993 | Monod, 1968 b .
  • Size : 1200 mm TL, 25 kg .
  • Types :
    • Serranus aeneus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809: pl. 21, fig. 3. Type locality: "Damiette", Egypt. Holotype and paratype MNHN n° 7326; paratype MNHN n° 6227.
  • Use and trade : of considerable economic importance in fisheries of the Mediterranean and west coast of Africa .