Malta country information

Common names: Boxbox, Buxih, Tirda
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4742.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Crénilabre méditerranéen, Tordo de roca, Kokinolapina, ... more

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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Symphodus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 50 m (Ref. 5292). Subtropical; 45°N - 32°N, 32°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to northern Morocco, including Azores and Madeira and also throughout the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 9.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4742); common length : 12.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4742); Idade máx. registada: 8 anos (Ref. 4742)

Adults are found mainly in eel-grass beds. Often in pairs. Males nest-makers. Feed mainly on mollusks, gastropods, bivalves, tubicolous worms, chitons, sea urchins and bryozoans (Ref. 4742). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Males build dish shaped nests and guard the eggs (Ref. 205).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Westneat, Mark | Colaboradores

Quignard, J.-P. and A. Pras, 1986. Labridae. p. 919-942. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4742)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 July 2008

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

Harmless

Utilização humana

Pescarias: pescarias de subsistência; peixe desportivo: sim; Aquário: Espécies comerciais

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.2 - 21, mean 18.5 (based on 106 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00779 - 0.01225), b=3.06 (3.02 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliência (Ref. 120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.47-0.63; tm=2-3; tmax=8).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).

Categoria de preço (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)