Portugal country information

Common names: Bagre, Cantareiro, Cantarilho
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: USNM 10194 (Ref. 7365). Also Ref. 95716.
National Checklist: Portugal
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster, 1990
National Database: Portuguese Freshwater Fishes

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
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Common names from other countries

سمك الصَّخر عرض البحر, 古氏海鲉, Rascasse du large, ... more

Main reference

Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster. 1990. (Ref. 4510)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 52.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4510); common length : 31.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27000)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 100 - 600 m (Ref. 5377), usually 100 - 460 m (Ref. 27000)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 42°N - 8°S, 32°W - 16°E

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Portugal, Madeira, the Azores and Mediterranean (Sicily and from the Spanish coast) (Ref. 4570) south to 8°30'S, including Canary Islands and Cape Verde. Reported from São Tomé Island (Ref. 34088).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11

Occurs on hard bottoms (Ref. 4510). Feeds on fishes and shrimps (Ref. 5377). Females appear to remain smaller, up to 38.4 cm TL in the Canary Islands (Ref. 55964). Males are heavier and larger (Ref. 55965).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Data deficient (DD)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.1 ±0.70 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=6-8; K=0.07-0.13; tmax=18)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Pontinus kuhlii (Bowdich, 1825)