Chrysoblephus anglicus
Chrysoblephus anglicus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Spariformes |
Family: | Sparidae |
Genus: | Chrysoblephus |
Species: | C. anglicus
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Binomial name | |
Chrysoblephus anglicus (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Chrysoblephus anglicus, the Englishman seabream, is a species of marine
Taxonomy
Chrysoblephus anglicus was first formally
Etymology
Chrysoblephus anglicus has the specific name anglicus, which means "English". This presumably follows its common name in South Africa, Englishman seabream.[6]
Description
Chrysoblephus anglicus has a
Distribution and habitat
Chrysoblephus anglicus is endemic to the southwestern Indian Ocean where it is found between the mouth of the Limpopo River in southern Mozambique to Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1] It is found on coral and rocky reefs at depths between 15 and 20 m (49 and 66 ft).[8]
Biology
Chrysoblephus anglicus feeds on crabs, prawns, bivalves, squid and, sometimes, fish. It may ben found as a solitary fish or in small
Fisheries and conservation
Chrysoblephus anglicus ranks as the fifth most important reef fish species landed by the commercial line fishery off Kwazulu-Natal. Stock assessments have shown that the stock had "collapsed" and there were indications that Englishman seabream is being increasingly targeted in KwaZulu-Natal, as other preferred linefish species decline in abundance due to overfishing. There has was a roughly 70% decline in this species landed between 1987 and 2007. This specie sis endemic to Southern Africa with a limited range and is suspected to be, at least partially, a protogynous hermaphrodite. This means that overexploitation of larger fishes results in the sex ratio of the adults becoming skewed in favour of females. This evidence of overfishing, population declines have led to a number of stock management measures being put in place for this species. The IUCN have classified this species as being Near Threatened.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Chrysoblephus anglicus" in FishBase. October 2023 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chrysoblephus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ OL 25909650M.
- ^ Parenti, P. (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2): 47–98.
- ^ "Order SPARIFORMES: Families LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-990951-32-9.
- ^ ISBN 1920033017.