FB-486 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=486 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae Brotula Brotula barbata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Mietus królewski Abadejo do cabo Abrótia sul-africana Maruca-da-Africa-do-Sul Kingklip Koningklip Sydafrikansk kingklip Kingclip Südafrikanischer Kingklip Kingklip Aafrika kongrio Abadèche du cap Abadèche royale du cap קינגקליפ אפריקאי Конгрио африканский Kap-kingklip Congribadejo del Cabo Rosada Rosada del Cabo Kapski huj 岬羽鼬鳚 Hoplophycis lalandi Kaup, 1858 Xiphiurus capensis Smith, 1847 1990-10-17 2007-05-17 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development0 Multilingual dictionary of fish and fish products. Fishing News Books, Oxford. (Ref. 3383) Torres, F. Jr. and D. Pauly0 Tabular data on marine fishes from Southern Africa, Part II: Growth parameters. Fishbyte 9(2):37-38. 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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=485 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Gecap_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Gecap_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-07-18 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=485 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occur in rocky areas of the shelf and upper continental slope. Juveniles found in shallow waters than adults (Ref. 36731). Benthic and common species (Ref. 34024). Feed on dragonets, mantis shrimps, hake, squid, and various fishes (Ref. 27121). Spawning occurs from August to October. Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Utilized fresh and frozen; can be fried and baked (Ref. 9988). Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-DiagnosticDescr-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-10-24 00:00:00 2000-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=485 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Head and body usually pinkish to orangish with dark spots and blotches especially dorsally (Ref. 34024). Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Morphology-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-10-24 00:00:00 2000-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=485 Dorsal soft rays (total): 150; Analsoft rays: 110 Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Distribution-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2016-06-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=485 Eastern Atlantic: Walvis Bay, Namibia to Algoa Bay, South Africa. Distinctiveness of this species and Genypterus blacodes is unclear (Ref. 34024). Nielsen, J.G. and D.M. Cohen 1986 Ophidiidae. p. 345-350. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4103) FB-Uses-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-07-18 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=485 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: commercial FAO 1992 FAO yearbook. Fishery statistics: catches and landings. Vol. 70: 1990. FAO Fish. Ser. 38:647 p. (Ref. 4931) FB-TrophicStrategy-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-09-16 00:00:00 2007-08-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public capensis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occur in rocky areas of the shelf and upper continental slope. Juveniles found in shallow waters than adults (Ref. 36731). Feed on dragonets, mantis shrimps, hake, squid, and various fishes (Ref. 27121). Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer 1999 FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Field guide to the living marine resources of Namibia. FAO, Rome. 265p. (Ref. 27121) FB-Size-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-07-18 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=485 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 180 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3686)); max. published weight: 15.0 kg (Ref. 9988) Nielsen, J.G. 1990 Ophidiidae. p. 564-573. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3686) Frimodt, C. 1995 Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial coldwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England. 215 p. 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#Morphology 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-485 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2013-07-18 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=485 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution bathydemersal; marine; depth range 50 - 500 m (Ref. 4103), usually 250 - 350 m (Ref. 27121) Nielsen, J.G. and D.M. Cohen 1986 Ophidiidae. p. 345-350. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4103) Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer 1999 FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Field guide to the living marine resources of Namibia. FAO, Rome. 265p. (Ref. 27121)