Portugal country information

Common names: Suspensório, Suspensòrios
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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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: Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.), 1986
National Database: Portuguese Freshwater Fishes

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Cepolidae (Bandfishes)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Cépole commune, Cepola, Cépole, ... more

Main reference

Quéro, J.-C. 1990. (Ref. 5985)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27156); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)

Length at first maturity
L_m 21.9 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 400 m

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 21°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 10°N, 18°W - 36°E

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to north of Senegal, including the Mediterranean.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67-70; Anal soft rays: 60. Body ribbon-like, gradually tapering to a pointed tail. Large, oblique mouth. Teeth widely spaced on both jaws. First two rays of dorsal fin unsegmented. Caudal fin with median rays longer and free at their tip. Dorsal and anal fins more or less joined to the caudal fin.

Found on sand and mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Lives in vertical burrows but may be found swimming in midwater. Occurs singly or in groups. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans and chaetognaths (Ref. 5984).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.23 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.21; tmax=8)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758)