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Common names: Santer, Santer, Soldier
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.), 1991
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Occurs in the east coast, south to the Cape (Ref. 3198). Stock sound; major component of commercial linefish catch in Natal and southeast coast (Ref. 4332). Also Ref. 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

Denté nufar, Dentón nufar, Guerreiro-de-barras, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: More on author: Valenciennes.

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

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 20 - 300 m (Ref. 28016). Tropical; 32°N - 28°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea south to Mossel Bay, South Africa and east to India and Sri Lanka.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 34.6, range 35 - 45 cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 30573); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3507)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 11 - 12; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 10 - 11; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 8. Silvery with faint, red crossbars; dead specimens almost white or purple.

Found over rocky substrates of coastal waters. Juveniles stay in sheltered areas of estuaries (Ref. 5213). Large specimens caught from the shore only when seas are rough (Ref. 3198). Marketed fresh, whole or dried.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Also reported as a 'rudimentary hermaphrodite' or 'late gonochorist' where individuals posses an immature intersexual gonad but mature as either male or female fish with no eveidence of sexual reversal (Ref. 28504).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Bauchot, M.-L. and M.M. Smith, 1984. Sparidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). volume 4. [var. pag.] FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3507)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Dados insuficientes (DD) ; Date assessed: 01 December 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)