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Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801)

Southern meagre
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South Africa country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Report from "Ghana to South Africa" (Ref. 57396) refers to Argyrosomus regius and Argyrosomus coronus according to Ref. 11025.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Griffiths, M.H. and P.C. Heemstra, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Argyrosomus: Greek, argyros = silvered, silver + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lacepède.

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

समुद्री; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा ड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा ? - 400 m (Ref. 27121), usually 15 - 150 m (Ref. 27121).   Subtropical; 13°C - 24°C (Ref. 3593); 11°N - 27°S, 43°E - 51°E

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Indian Ocean: endemic to Madagascar (Ref. 11025). Reports from "Ghana to South Africa" (Ref. 57396) refer to Argyrosomus regius and Argyrosomus coronus (Ref. 11025).

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4336); common length : 100.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 9772); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 71.0 kg (Ref. 5369); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 30 वर्षो (Ref. 12198)

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पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 11; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 26 - 30; गुदा कांटा: 2; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 7. Body silvery; fins grey or brown; upper end of pectoral base with a black blotch (Ref. 4373).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Found in lower reaches of rivers, estuaries, rocky reefs, ocean beaches and on the continental shelf down to 150 m (Ref. 9772). Caught near the bottom and in mid-water. Feed mainly at night or in turbid waters (Ref. 27121), preying on cuttlefish (Ref. 27121), fishes, crabs, prawns, and worms (Ref. 9772).

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Chao, L.N. and E. Trewavas, 1990. Sciaenidae. p. 813-826. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3593)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 30 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.4 - 27.6, mean 25.9 (based on 60 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00332 - 0.00953), b=3.06 (2.92 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.8 se; based on diet studies.
लौटाव (Ref. 120179):  बहुत नीचे, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 14 महीने। (K=0.03; tm=6).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.