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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Caproidae (Boarfishes)
Etymology: Capros: Latin, capra = goat, wild board (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 40 - 700 m (Ref. 56504). Subtropical; 62°N - 10°N, 18°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: western Norway, Skagerrak, Shetlands and western Scotland to Senegal. Also in the Mediterranean (mainly western part).

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Maturity: L_m 8.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5377); common length : 13.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4952)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 25; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 22 - 24. Eye large; snout as long as eye or longer. Mouth very protractile, forming a short tube when protruded. Third dorsal and anal spines only a little longer and stronger than the others. Body depth more than one and a half times in standard length. Vertebrae 21-23.

Depth range from 40-600 m (Ref. 35388) and from 288-700 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Gregarious. Form schools. Found over rock or coral, but also trawled over sandy ground. Feed on crustaceans or worms, mollusks (Ref. 4952). Males are smaller than females (Ref. 5377).

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Quéro, J.-C., 1986. Caproidae. p. 777-779. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4952)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 6.9 - 15, mean 10.7 °C (based on 295 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.01469 - 0.02472), b=2.82 (2.74 - 2.90), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.145; tmax=26; tm=1.84).

Prior r = 0.44, 95% CL = 0.29 - 0.67, Based on 1 full stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 74.7 [37.7, 139.1] mg/100g; Iron = 1.11 [0.56, 2.07] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [16.7, 19.0] %; Omega3 = 0.313 [0.180, 0.549] g/100g; Selenium = 37 [16, 86] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.1 [4.5, 77.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.767 [0.502, 1.164] mg/100g (wet weight);

Capros aper (Linnaeus, 1758)