Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Neritic over the continental shelf. (Ref. 3594).
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Heemstra, P.C. 1990 Centracanthidae. p. 768-772. 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. 7349)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7349&speccode=1704
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Distribution
Distribution
European waters (ERMS scope)
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van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
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Eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Cape Verde and off Senegal. Possibly occurs as far south as Angola, but records south of Senegal need to be verified.
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Heemstra, P.C. 1990 Centracanthidae. p. 768-772. 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. 7349)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7349&speccode=1704
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5476))
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Bellemans, M., A. Sagna, W. Fischer and N. Scialabba 1988 Fiches FAO d'identification des espèces pour les besoins de la pêche. Guide des ressources halieutiques du Sénégal et la Gambie (Espèces marines et d'eaux saumâtres). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 5476)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=5476&speccode=5079
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
pelagic-neritic; marine, usually 100 - 250 m (Ref. 27000)
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Reiner, F. 1996 Catálogo dos peixes do Arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publicações avulsas do IPIMAR No. 2. 339 p. (Ref. 27000)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27000&speccode=10806
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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