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Dinoperca petersi (Day, 1875)

Lampfish
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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Dinopercidae (Cavebasses)
Etymology: Dinoperca: Greek, deino = terrible + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Wilhelm Karl Hartwig Peters (1815–1883) was a German zoologist and traveller who made some very important collections in Mozambique. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Day.

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

marina revassocierade; djupintervall ? - 50 m (Ref. 4332). Tropical; 26°N - 34°S

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Western Indian Ocean: Pakistan, southern Oman, Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa. Presence in Somalia to be confirmed (Ref. 30573).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 30.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3678); publicerad maxvikt: 5.0 kg (Ref. 4363)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 9 - 11; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 18 - 20; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 3; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 12 - 14. Blackish brown in color; body with white specks which fade in adults; black band from front of snout to angle of preopercle (Ref. 4363).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit reefs to a depth of 50 m; juveniles in rocky shores (Ref. 4332). Also found under ledges and cave entrances. Makes a loud drumming sound.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Medarbetare

Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Dinopercidae. p. 571-572. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4363)

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

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell; sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.9 - 26.9, mean 25.9 °C (based on 34 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.2500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00756 - 0.05265), b=3.01 (2.78 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 37.2 [19.3, 59.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.583 [0.344, 0.905] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.7, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.0939 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 50.4 [28.5, 92.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.7 [7.3, 82.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.961 [0.674, 1.370] mg/100g (wet weight);