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Centrarchiformes (Basses) >
Oplegnathidae (Knifejaws)
Etymology: Oplegnathus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Peão Lopes of the Lourenco Marques Museum was described as “…a most able collector and technician”. He collected eight of the records of fishes in or near Delagoa Bay that Smith discussed in his paper, presumably including the knifejaw holotype. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Smith.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 20 - 130 m. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Delagoa Bay in Mozambique northwards (Ref. 4387), but the northern limit of its range in not known (Ref. 9660).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9660); common length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9660)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 20 - 21; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 16. Adults dark bronzy brown in color.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Inhabits reef areas and feeds on benthic invertebrates.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Heemstra, P.C., 1984. Oplegnathidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing area 51). Vol. 3, FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9660)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items. |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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