Overview
Distribution
Distribution
South Africa (country)
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
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Southeast Atlantic: known only from off the Orange River mouth to south of False Bay, South Africa.
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Iwamoto, T. and E. Anderson 1994 Review of the grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes) of southern Africa, with descriptions of four new species. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (61):1-28. (Ref. 11953)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11953&speccode=24990
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 149151
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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba 1990 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10).x+442p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 1371)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1371&speccode=25
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Size
Max. size
26.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 1371))
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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba 1990 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10).x+442p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 1371)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1371&speccode=25
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Diagnostic Description
Eyes large; snout short, acutely pointed, with well-developed terminal scute; underside of the snout, most of the suborbital, and anterior part of the mandible mostly naked. Spinules on body scales broadly lanceolate to shield-shaped, arranged in somewhat converging rows. Overall color is brownish; abdomen violaceous; gill membranes blackish; fins dusky. Also Ref. 2800.
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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba 1990 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10).x+442p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 1371)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1371&speccode=25
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 36 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 28 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 454 - 1700.78
Temperature range (°C): 2.780 - 7.453
Nitrate (umol/L): 25.114 - 34.042
Salinity (PPS): 34.380 - 34.807
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.862 - 4.879
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.846 - 2.370
Silicate (umol/l): 26.708 - 63.252
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 454 - 1700.78
Temperature range (°C): 2.780 - 7.453
Nitrate (umol/L): 25.114 - 34.042
Salinity (PPS): 34.380 - 34.807
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.862 - 4.879
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.846 - 2.370
Silicate (umol/l): 26.708 - 63.252
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 28 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 454 - 1700.78
Temperature range (°C): 2.780 - 7.453
Nitrate (umol/L): 25.114 - 34.042
Salinity (PPS): 34.380 - 34.807
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.862 - 4.879
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.846 - 2.370
Silicate (umol/l): 26.708 - 63.252
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 454 - 1700.78
Temperature range (°C): 2.780 - 7.453
Nitrate (umol/L): 25.114 - 34.042
Salinity (PPS): 34.380 - 34.807
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.862 - 4.879
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.846 - 2.370
Silicate (umol/l): 26.708 - 63.252
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Depth: 549 - 1737m.
From 549 to 1737 meters.
Habitat: benthopelagic.
From 549 to 1737 meters.
Habitat: benthopelagic.
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Environment
bathydemersal; non-migratory; marine; depth range 549 - 1737 m (Ref. 1371)
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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba 1990 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10).x+442p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 1371)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1371&speccode=25
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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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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba 1990 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10).x+442p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 1371)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1371&speccode=25
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