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Spicara australe (Regan, 1921)

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South Africa country information

Common names: Picarel, Pikarel
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Heemstra, P.C., 1986
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from off Natal in 200-400 m (Ref. 6640) and off the Kei Peninsula in 80-150 m.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C., 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Spicara: Latin, spicare = furnished with spike (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Regan.

Issue
Placement in Sparidae from Centracanthidae from Santini et al. (2014:Ref. 95347). Suggestion already made in Garrido-Ramos et al. 1995; Hanel & Sturmbauer 2000; Summerer et al. 2001; Orrell et al. 2002; Orrell & Carpenter 2004; Chiba et al. 2009; Hanel & Tsigenopoulos 2011.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 80 - 400 m (Ref. 6640).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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