South Africa country information

Common names: Snapper kob, Snapperkob
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: van der Elst, R., 1993
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Ranges to at least Durban (Ref. 4373). Angling record: 1.6 kg (Ref. 12484). Also Ref. 9772.
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: Heemstra, P.C., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Grande verrue tigre, Bombache tigre mayor, Toothed croaker, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Otolithes: Greek, ous, oto = ear + Greek, lithos = stone (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

marino; salobre bentopelágico; anfidromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 10 - 50 m (Ref. 9772). Tropical; 26°C - 29°C (Ref. 4959); 34°N - 35°S, 20°E - 154°E

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, including Madagascar (absent in the Red Sea), eastward to southern China Sea and Queensland, Australia.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 19.7, range 28 - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5284); common length : 40.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9772); peso máximo publicado: 7.0 kg (Ref. 9987); edad máxima reportada: 5 años (Ref. 3625)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 10 - 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 27 - 30; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 8.

Found in coastal waters (Ref. 30573). Adults feed on fishes, prawns and other invertebrates (Ref. 5213, 9772). Generally marketed fresh, may be dried or salted (Ref. 5284). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 9773.

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Chan, W., U. Bathia and D. Carlsson, 1974. Sciaenidae. In W. Fischer and P.J.P. Whitehead (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 57) and Western Central Pacific (Fishing Area 71). Volume 3. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 2113)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 June 2016

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25 - 29.1, mean 28.3 (based on 798 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00777 - 0.00932), b=3.07 (3.05 - 3.09), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.14-0.41; tm=1; tmax=5; Fec= 53,676).

Prior r = 0.44, 95% CL = 0.29 - 0.66, Based on 1 full stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (84 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)