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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Argyrosomus: Greek, argyros = silvered, silver + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Anthony R ‘Tony’ Thorpe was a South African lawyer and avid angler. He sent Smith three undescribed fish that he had discovered in KwaZulu Natal waters and supplied specimens and photographs. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Sinh thái học
Biển gần đáy. Subtropical; 24°S - 36°S, 25°E - 35°E (Ref. 56860)
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique to Port Elizabeth, South Africa; also from the west coast of Madagascar.
Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age
Maturity: Lm 33.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 71.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 4373); common length : 40.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 3490); Khối lượng cực đại được công bố: 12.0 kg (Ref. 11025)
Các tia vây lưng cứng (tổng cộng) : 11; Các vây lưng mềm (tổng cộng) : 26 - 28; Tia cứng vây hậu môn: 2; Tia mềm vây hậu môn: 6 - 7. Body silvery, fins orange-brown or yellowish (Ref. 4373).
Found in coastal waters. Juveniles are found on sand or mud substrate and the adults predominantly on reef (Ref. 12200). Spawns in the winter (Ref. 12199). An important food fish. Sold fresh in markets.
Life cycle and mating behavior
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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.7 - 25.2, mean 24.7 °C (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00415 - 0.01744), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Mức dinh dưỡng (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Thích nghi nhanh (Ref.
120179): Trung bình, thời gian nhân đôi của chủng quần tối thiểu là 1.4 - 4.4 năm (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).