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Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Blackspot picarel
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: In Ref. 6518, 7349; very doubtful records, no specimens in the MMF collection and never been caught in the Canary Is. (Ref. 74541).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wirtz, P., R. Fricke and M.J. Biscoito, 2008
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Common names from other countries

Picarel de l'Atlantique sud-es, Sucla, شَذّام المحيط الأطلسي الجنوبي الشرقي, ... more

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

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Spicara: Latin, spicare = furnished with spike (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Placement in Sparidae from Centracanthidae from Santini et al. (2014:Ref. 95347). Suggestion already made in Garrido-Ramos et al. 1995; Hanel & Sturmbauer 2000; Summerer et al. 2001; Orrell et al. 2002; Orrell & Carpenter 2004; Chiba et al. 2009; Hanel & Tsigenopoulos 2011.

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

marino; rango de profundidad 100 - 250 m (Ref. 104863), usually 100 - 250 m (Ref. 27000).   Tropical; 18°N - 18°S, 26°W - 14°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde and off Senegal. Possibly occurs as far south as Angola, but records south of Senegal need to be verified.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.8 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 111105); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5476)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Neritic over the continental shelf. (Ref. 3594).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Heemstra, P.C., 1990. Centracanthidae. p. 768-772. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7349)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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