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Common names: Scotsman, Skotsman
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.), 1991
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Durban northwards; southward reaching Algoa Bay (Ref. 3507). Status of stock critical/severely depleted; once a major component of lineboat catch (Ref. 4332). Rarely caught by shore anglers. Also Ref. 12484.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Denté du Natal, Dentón del Natal, Dentón listado, ... 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: Polysteganus: Greek, polys = a lot of + Greek, stego, stege = covered (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 20 - 100 m (Ref. 3198). Subtropical; 17°S - 28°S

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Western Indian Ocean: known only from Beira, Mozambique to Algoa Bay, South Africa.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3198); common length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3507); peso máximo publicado: 7.8 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 12; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 8. Small eye, deep preorbital, steep forehead (Ref. 3198).

Occurs in deep offshore reefs ranging from 20 to 100 m. Feeds on large crabs, crayfish, a variety of reef fish and squid. Spawns in winter. Sold fresh (Ref. 3507).

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Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1986. Sparidae. p. 580-594. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3198)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable, ver lista roja de la UICN (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 02 December 2008

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): 23.5 - 26.3, mean 25.3 (based on 11 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.00963 - 0.03285), b=3.03 (2.88 - 3.18), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.80 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): High vulnerability (56 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Polysteganus praeorbitalis (Günther, 1859)