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Common names: Hottentot, Hottentot
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref: van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.), 1991
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the west coast. Rare east of Cape Agulhas. Stock sound; a prime linefish and forms a large component of commercial catch (Ref. 4332). Also Ref. 4517, 12484.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hottentot, Sargo hotentote, أُُسبور هُوطَّانطوط, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Pachymetopon: Greek, pachys = fat + Greek, metopon = brow (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

marin démersal; non migrateur (Ref. 4350); profondeur 1 - ? m (Ref. 3688). Subtropical; 13°S - 28°S

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Southeast Atlantic: Angola to the west coast of South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 22.0, range 22 - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3198); common length : 25.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2715); poids max. publié: 1.7 kg (Ref. 4699)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11 - 12; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 10. Bronzy brown, lighter below.

Inhabits shallow water over rocky bottoms. Feeds on seaweeds, echinoderms, crustaceans, mollusks and worms (Ref. 3688).

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Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00865 - 0.02649), b=3.06 (2.91 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.51 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.10-0.16; tm=5; tmax=12).

Prior r = 0.48, 95% CL = 0.32 - 0.72, Based on 2 full stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Pachymetopon blochii (Valenciennes, 1830)