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Champsodon capensis Regan, 1908

Gaper
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> Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Champsodontidae (Crocodile toothfishes)
Etymology: Champsodon: Greek, champso = crocodile, voracious predator + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 30 - 552 m (Ref. 30434). Deep-water; 16°N - 36°S

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Indian Ocean: from Yemen, Kenya to eastern Cape, South Africa; also between Seychelles and Mauritius.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.2 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 111101)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 5; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 19 - 20; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 17 - 18. Body brownish above, silvery below.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Occurs in great shoals. Moves to the surface at night. Minimum depth range from Ref. 121941.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Nemeth, D., 1994. Systematics and distribution of fishes of the family Champsodontidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with descriptions of three new species. Copeia 1994(2):347-371. (Ref. 30434)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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