Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) country information

Common names: Akpa, Akpa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Ébrié Lagoon (Ref. 28587).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Daget, J., 1992
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Common names from other countries

Bécune guinéenne, Espetón de Guinea, Brochet, ... more

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> Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
Etymology: Sphyraena: Greek, sphyraina, -es = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Peters.

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

marino; salobre; rango de profundidad 0 - 75 m (Ref. 6949). Tropical; 21°N - 23°S, 19°W - 15°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Namibia (Ref. 57401). Also reported from Mauritania (Ref. 5377).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 87.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 205 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 57401); common length : 100.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26999); peso máximo publicado: 50.0 kg (Ref. 57401)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 6; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 9. Diagnosis: 122-140 (generally 125-132) scales in lateral line (Ref. 57401). Sides marked with about 20 dark, largely backwards open chevrons (Ref. 57401), which become less distinct in large specimens (Ref. 5491).

Commonly enters lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 4339, 57401). Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 36731). Feeds on fish and shrimps (Ref. 28587). Never reported to be ciguatoxic. Good food and recreational value.

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Daget, J., 2003. Sphyraenidae. p. 612-615 In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douce et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Tome 2. Coll. Faune et Flore tropicales 40. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Museum National d'Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France. 815 p. (Ref. 57401)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic (Ref. 4537)

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.6 - 28, mean 26.3 (based on 84 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00435 - 0.01206), b=2.89 (2.75 - 3.03), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.70 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844