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Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Diplodus: Greek, diploos = twice + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 90 m (Ref. 4781). Subtropical; 49°N - 27°N, 19°W - 42°E
Eastern Atlantic: Canary islands, also found along the coast of Portugal northward to the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov (Ref. 4781).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm 11.6, range 8 - 19.6 cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 124816); common length : 13.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397); peso máximo publicado: 330.00 g (Ref. 115876); edad máxima reportada: 17 años (Ref. 124518)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 12.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabit chiefly Zostera seagrass beds but also found on Posidonia beds and sandy bottoms, rarely on rocky bottoms. Carnivorous, feed on worms, crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and hydrozoans. The sexes are separated, although these fish are potential hermaphrodites; certain individuals are protandric (Ref. 4781).
Normally sexes are separate but some individuals are protandrous due to geographical variation in sexual pattern (Ref. 103751). However, histological studies confirm no degenerating functional tissue of one sex (e.g. vitellogenic or later-stage follicles) and no proliferation of tissue of the other sex can be found on this species indicating the absence of sex change. This particular condition is also known as nonfunctional hermaphroditism previously known as rudimentary hermaphroditism (Ref. 91314). Also Ref. 28504.
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: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 14.8 - 21.1, mean 18.3 °C (based on 220 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.01096 - 0.01319), b=3.07 (3.05 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.6 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 4.5 (2.4 - 6.4) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 18
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.2-0.5; tmax=7; Fecundity=18,000 - 212,000).
Prior r = 0.54, 95% CL = 0.35 - 0.80, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 83.2 [48.2, 160.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.984 [0.561, 1.738] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.4, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.427 [0.224, 0.818] g/100g; Selenium = 23.7 [11.6, 43.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.1 [6.8, 55.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.06 [0.72, 1.48] mg/100g (wet weight);
