Ghana country information

Common names: Sikasikavi, Wiriwiriwa, Yiyiwa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau, 1990
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Common names from other countries

Pageot à tache rouge, Breca chata, Besugo, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Pagellus: Diminutive of Latin, pager, derived from Greek, pagros = a fish, Dentex sp. (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 100 - 250 m (Ref. 27000), usually 10 - 50 m (Ref. 5377). Subtropical; 37°N - 17°S, 19°W - 14°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Strait of Gibraltar to Angola, including the southwestern Mediterranean (Ref. 3469) and the Canary Islands.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 12.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4781); common length : 25.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4781)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 12.

Occurs in schools over hard as well as sandy bottoms, especially in the upper 100 m. Omnivorous with a predominantly carnivorous diet (including crustaceans, cephalopods, small fish, amphioxus and worms). Protogynic hermaphrodite (Ref. 3688). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 127989.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Intermittent spawning occurs from the second year onwards between May and November according to the latitude, the stock moving toward the coast for this purpose.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau, 1990. Sparidae. p. 790-812. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3688)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 March 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.5 - 28, mean 25.2 (based on 140 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00993 - 0.01455), b=3.04 (3.01 - 3.07), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.51 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.18-0.53; tm=1; tmax=7; Fec=60,200).

Prior r = 0.82, 95% CL = 0.54 - 1.23, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Pagellus bellottii Steindachner, 1882