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Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829)

Cape gurnard
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> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Triglidae (Searobins) > Triglinae
Etymology: Chelidonichthys: Greek, chelidon, -onos = swift, as black as a swift + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 10 - 390 m (Ref. 4316). Subtropical; 18°S - 36°S, 12°E - 36°E

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Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: Cape Fria, Namibia to Maputo, Mozambique. The record of a specimen from Reunion (MHNRUN 36) is probably erroneous (Ref. 33390).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 32.8, range 27 - 35 cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3699); common length : 35.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3699); rapporterad maxålder: 16 år (Ref. 26321)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 8 - 9; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 15 - 17; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 14 - 16.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found over sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 4316) and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Excellent food fish (Ref. 4316).

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Richards, W.J. and V.P. Saksena, 1990. Triglidae. p. 680-684. 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. 3687)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 June 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 10.3 - 17.9, mean 13.3 °C (based on 65 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5010   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00427 - 0.01947), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.14; tm=2-5; tmax=12).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (65 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 48.1 [26.1, 116.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.887 [0.473, 1.884] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [18.1, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.547 [0.256, 1.473] g/100g; Selenium = 41.8 [20.1, 112.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.2 [4.1, 36.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.608 [0.429, 0.899] mg/100g (wet weight);