Pachymetopon aeneum, Blue hottentot : fisheries, gamefish

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Pachymetopon aeneum (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)

Blue hottentot
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Pachymetopon: Greek, pachys = fat + Greek, metopon = brow (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gilchrist & Thompson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser demersal; tiefenbereich 20 - 50 m. Subtropical; 28°S - 34°S

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Western Indian Ocean: known only from Sodwana Bay to the Cape in South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: Lm 25.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5213); common length : 30.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 3507)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 10 - 11; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 11 - 13; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 10. Head cobalt blue, body blue-streaked bronzy-yellow.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Found on rocky substrate. Feeds on benthic organisms like worms, ascidians, crustaceans, mollusks and algae (Ref. 5213). Rarely caught by shore anglers. Esteemed food fish. Sold fresh in markets.

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

Also Ref. 28504.

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Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1986. Sparidae. p. 580-594. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3198)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Harmless





Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15.7 - 23.8, mean 19.7 °C (based on 7 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00661 - 0.02512), b=3.04 (2.88 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.48 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179):  niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (K=0.13; tmax=12).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 74.1 [39.8, 140.0] mg/100g; Iron = 1.05 [0.58, 1.86] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [18.6, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.322 [0.218, 0.500] g/100g; Selenium = 23.9 [11.5, 46.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.1 [3.6, 36.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.826 [0.580, 1.170] mg/100g (wet weight);