Kyphosus vaigiensis, Brassy chub : fisheries, gamefish

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Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Brassy chub
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Kyphosidae (Sea chubs)
Etymology: Kyphosus: Greek, kyphos = bent (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Issue
Kyphosus species analogus (E. Pacific) and incisor (Atlantic) in Knudsen and Clements, 2013 (Ref. 95491:65) were considered as synonyms of K. vaigiensis.

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α); ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 0 - 40 m (Ref. 89972). Tropical; 35°N - 38°S, 25°E - 133°W

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Circumtropical: from the eastern Pacific across the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the eastern and western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 39 - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 559); common length : 50.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 5450)

Short description Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά): 10 - 11; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά): 13-15; Εδρικές άκανθες 3; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 12 - 14; Σπόνδυλοι: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongate and oval-shaped body; scale rows horizontally along the body appear alternately golden and bluish; metallic blue dorsally and white ventrally; caudal fin moderately emarginated; very low dorsal and anal fins; D X-XI,13-15; A III, 12-14; pectoral fin 17-20: teeth incisor-shaped; scales on interorbital region; external side of first gill arch with high number of gill rakers on lower limb 16-23, upper limb 5-10; total lateral line scale rows 63-80, 52-63 has pores; longitudinal scale rows 56-70; vertebrae: precaudal 10, caudal 16; pterygiophores, anal 13-14, dorsal 22-24. Colour of body silvery with a bluish shine, with golden horizontal lines along the body (around 23-29), dorsal lines above lateral line curved along the lateral line;; golden streak beneath eye from snout to behind anterior edge of eye; fins are grey or slightly darker grey than body colour (Ref. 95491).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Aggregate over hard, algal coated bottoms of exposed surf-swept outer reef flats, lagoons, and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 24 m. Found in exposed areas around rocky reefs (Ref. 559); adults usually close to the shore and the coastline, while juveniles are associated with flotsam and can be encountered in the open ocean close to the surface (Ref. 95491). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Usually in groups (Ref. 90102). Young (up to 5 cm) found among floating seaweed; feeding on small crustaceans (Ref. 559). Adults are carnivorous during summer and autumn but feed on Endarachne binghamiae during winter (Ref. 559). Good food fish (Ref. 559). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30573.

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Oviparous (Ref. 101771).

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Knudsen, S.W. and K.D. Clements, 2013. Revision of the fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Zootaxa 3751(1):001-101. (Ref. 95491)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά); αλιεία αναψυχής: ναί

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.7 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 896 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01778 (0.01117 - 0.02831), b=3.00 (2.87 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179):  Χαμηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 4,5 - 14 έτη (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 34 [16, 63] mg/100g; Iron = 0.517 [0.303, 0.890] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.8, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.0772 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 42 [21, 89] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.6 [6.9, 140.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.24 [0.84, 1.85] mg/100g (wet weight);