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Common names: Redfingers, Rooivingers
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges throughout the coast. Common in rocky tidepools on the south coast (Ref. 5319), where these are apparently important nursery habitats for juveniles (Ref. 120445).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith, M.M., 1986
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Common names from other countries

Castanette léopard, Pintadilla leopardo, Rooivingers, ... more

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> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Cheilodactylidae (Morwongs)
Etymology: Cheilodactylus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, daktylos = finger (Ref. 45335); referring to the fleshy lips and the lower, unbranched pectoral-fin rays (Ref. 120445).
More on author: Lacepède.

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

marina; brackvatten bottenlevande; djupintervall 1 - 120 m (Ref. 120445). Subtropical

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Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to Natal, South Africa.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9492); common length : 20.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9492)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 17 - 19; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 23 - 25; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 3; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 9 - 11.

Mainly in shallow water among rocks, but sometimes caught down to 120 m depth. Feeds on small crabs, mollusks, worms, and other small invertebrates (Ref. 9492). Tidepools apparently an important nursery habitat for juveniles (Ref. 120445),

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Smith, M.M., 1986. Cheilodactylidae. p. 667-668. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5319)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: husbehovsfiske

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14 - 25, mean 18.2 (based on 74 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00482 - 0.02382), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.46 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacepède, 1803