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Common names: Brusher, Cracker, White musselcracker
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Tugela to Saldanha Bay; status of stock critical, especially in Natal; a highly sought after recreational species (Ref. 4332).
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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
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Common names from other countries

White musselcracker, Spare broyeuse, Dourada quebradora, ... more

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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Sparodon: Latin, sparus = a fish with a golden head + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Castelnau.

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

marien demersaal; diepte 0 - 80 m. Tropical

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Southeast Atlantic: Cape of Good Hope to Natal in South Africa. Also recorded from Djibouti (Ref. 5450) and from Mozambique (Ref. 5213).

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Maturity: L_m 35.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 3507); common length : 70.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 3507)

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Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 11; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 11 - 12; Anale stekels: 3; Anale zachte stralen: 10. Faint stripes on a greyish body; bluish glow while in water (Ref. 3198).

Inhabits shallow coastal waters, mainly off rocky shores down to 80 m depth. Rarely enters estuaries. Young commonly found in tide pools. Feeds mainly on mollusks (Ref. 5213). An important food fish.

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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)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Gevoelig (NT) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Harmless

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: commercieel; sportvis: ja

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.1 - 28.3, mean 26.8 (based on 204 cells).

Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.00993 - 0.03041), b=2.94 (2.79 - 3.09), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179): laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (K=0.09; tm=5.4; tmax=26).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (63 of 100).

Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Sparodon durbanensis (Castelnau, 1861)