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Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830)

Roman seabream
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Chrysoblephus: Greek, chrysos = golden + Greek, blepo, blepharizo = to watch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 100 m (Ref. 3198). Tropical; 21°S - 28°S

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Southeast Atlantic: northern Namibia to northern Natal, South Africa; also reported from Mauritius.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 18.1  range ? - 22.5 cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3507); common length : 32.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3507); max. published weight: 4.2 kg (Ref. 3670)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Usually reddish orange in color, but sometimes blue with a white patch on the side (Ref. 3198).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs above rocky bottoms in deeper water to 100 m but often caught from shore. Juveniles occur in shallow-water beds of seaweed where they feed on minute crustacean (Ref. 3670). Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans, worms and fish. Females transform into territorial males with growth (Ref. 3198). Voracious but sluggish, takes any bait. Good food fish (Ref. 3198). Sold fresh (Ref. 3507). It is parasitised by the monogenean Anoplodiscus cirrusspiralis on the fins and body surface (Ref. 124057).

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Also Ref. 28504.

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 02 December 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: potential
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.01102 - 0.02869), b=3.00 (2.86 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.16).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 105 [50, 201] mg/100g; Iron = 0.941 [0.508, 1.907] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.4, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.199 [0.111, 0.369] g/100g; Selenium = 57.6 [26.0, 123.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.8 [3.9, 54.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.862 [0.566, 1.286] mg/100g (wet weight);