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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Spondyliosoma: Greek, spondylos = vertebra (1667) + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 5 - 300 m (Ref. 3688). Subtropical; 63°N - 20°S, 26°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Scandinavia to northern Namibia (Ref. 11228), including the Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Madeira, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde.

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Maturity: L_m 19.7 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4781); common length : 30.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4781); peso máximo publicado: 1.2 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13. Body tall, with weak longitudinal stripes and no dark spots. Snout as long or longer than the eye diameter (Ref. 35388).

Found over seagrass beds and rocky and sandy bottoms to about 300 m (Ref. 3688). Gregarious, sometimes in large schools (Ref. 3688). Omnivorous, feeding on seaweeds and small invertebrates, especially crustaceans (Ref. 3688). Protogynic hermaphrodites (Ref. 4781). An important food fish.

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Lays eggs on sandy bottom (Ref. 4781). Sex reversal occurs at approximately 24.3 cm TL in population from Algeria (Ref. 102321). Also Ref. 28504.

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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: 18 August 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Acuarios públicos

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7 - 17.2, mean 10.2 (based on 645 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01230 (0.01114 - 0.01358), b=3.03 (3.00 - 3.06), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.3; Fec=36,000; tm=4).

Prior r = 0.47, 95% CL = 0.31 - 0.71, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Spondyliosoma cantharus (Linnaeus, 1758)