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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Rhabdosargus: Greek, rhabdos = stick + Latin, sargus = sargus (1591) (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

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

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 3198). Tropical; 13°S - 36°S

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Southeast Atlantic: Angola southward around coast of South Africa to Natal. Reported from Mozambique (Ref. 5213).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 23.0, range 22 - 24 cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3688); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3688)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. Silvery with distinct crossbars (Ref. 3198).

Found over sandy substrate. Juveniles use estuaries as nurseries (Ref. 27121). Feeds on worms, crustaceans, and mollusks especially mussels (Ref. 5213). Spawns during spring and summer close inshore (Ref. 36731).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Conflicting descriptions of the reproductive style of this species have been reported, e.g., Ref. 4359 describe this species as being a gonochorist (Ref. 28504). Also Ref. 103751.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-C. Hureau, 1990. Sparidae. p. 790-812. 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. 3688)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 15 November 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes

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Rhabdosargus globiceps (Valenciennes, 1830)