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Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Brazilian flathead
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percophoidei (Duckbills) > Percophidae (Duckbills)
Etymology: Percophis: Greek, perke = perch + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.
Etymology: Percophis: Greek, perke = perch + Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 5 - 75 m (Ref. 127764). Subtropical; 21°S - 49°S, 68°W - 41°W
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Southwest Atlantic: off southern Brazil to central Argentina.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 40.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 68.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55642); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6077); max. reported age: 19 years (Ref. 97211)
Max length : 68.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55642); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6077); max. reported age: 19 years (Ref. 97211)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 33; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 40 - 42.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Thompson, Bruce | Collaborators
Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986. Important fishes trawled off Patagonia. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 369 p. (Ref. 27363)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Growth parameters
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Anatomy
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Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetics
Genome
Genetics
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Genome
Genetics
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search |