Madagascar country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 58452.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
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Common names from other countries

Merlu du large du Cap, Merluza de altura del Cabo, Deep water hake, ... more

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

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Merlucciidae (Merluccid hakes)
Etymology: Merluccius: Latin, mar, maris = the sea + Latin, lucius = pike (Ref. 45335).

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

marinhas batidemersal; não migratória; intervalo de profundidade 200 - 1000 m (Ref. 6605), usually 400 - ? m (Ref. 58452). Deep-water; 17°S - 38°S, 10°E - 48°E (Ref. 58452)

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

Southeast Atlantic: Cape Frio, Namibia south to the Agulhas Bank and east to East London in South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar Ridge (33°S,44°E).

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 47.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 115 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 27121); common length : 60.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 1371)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 1; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 42 - 50; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 38 - 41. Body more slender than other hakes. Head large, about 25 to 30% of SL. Gill rakers short and thick with blunt tips. Pectoral fin tips reaching to level of anal fin origin. Color is steel gray on back, grading to silvery white ventrally.

Found near the bottom. Feeds on fishes, mysids, euphausiids and squids. Young feed mainly on euphausiids, but the diet becomes polyphagous with growth. Cannibalism has been observed in larger individuals (Ref. 9583).

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

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Não avaliado

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)