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Parascorpididae (Jutjaws)
Etymology: Parascorpis: Greek, para = side, in the side, near + Greek, skorpis = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 20 - 200 m (Ref. 6641). Subtropical
Western Indian Ocean: known only from Maputo, Mozambique to False Bay, South Africa.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6641)
Feeds on zooplankton. Rarely caught by anglers. Flesh is good to taste (Ref. 6641).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Parascorpididae. p. 602-603. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 6641)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 12.2 - 22, mean 16.3 °C (based on 19 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: 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 BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 55.4 [30.7, 112.4] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.78 [1.05, 3.08] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.1 [18.1, 20.1] % ; Omega3 = 0.361 [0.213, 0.593] g/100g ; Selenium = 22.7 [11.8, 46.4] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 8.72 [2.55, 29.82] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.729 [0.484, 1.131] mg/100g (wet weight);