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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Polysteganus: Greek, polys = a lot of + Greek, stego, stege = covered (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.

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

marino associati a barriera corallina; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 30 - ? m (Ref. 5213). Subtropical; 17°S - 30°S

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Western Indian Ocean: southern Mozambique to Durban, South Africa.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - 35 cm
Max length : 120 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3507); common length : 80.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3507); peso massimo pubblicato: 16.0 kg (Ref. 4699)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 12; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9.

Found over rocky reef and banks of deep waters. Carnivorous species which feeds mainly on fish and squid (Ref. 5213). An excellent food fish. Sold fresh.

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

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Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1986. Sparidae. p. 580-594. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3198)

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

Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 01 December 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02512 (0.01226 - 0.05148), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.60 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.18-0.28).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (57 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Polysteganus undulosus (Regan, 1908)