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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8682 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Hygol_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Hygol_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-8682 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-02 00:00:00 2019-02-11 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8682 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Inhabits lakes and large rivers (Ref. 4967). Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. 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(Ref. 5331) FB-Uses-8682 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-02 00:00:00 2019-02-11 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8682 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Crawford, R. 1993 World record game fishes 1993. The International Game Fish Association, Pompano Beach, Florida. (Ref. 6323) FB-Size-8682 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-02 00:00:00 2019-02-11 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8682 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 133 cm FL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637)); max. published weight: 50.0 kg (Ref. 4537) IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-8682 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1993-12-02 00:00:00 2019-02-11 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8682 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat pelagic; freshwater; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 25