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Overview
Biology
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Adults are found on rocky or mud-sand bottom; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries. In the west African waters, diet comprise of fishes (58%), stomatopods (21%), crabs (10%), and cephalopods (10%). It is a protogynous hermaphrodite. The seasonal migration of the species off the coast of Senegal is influenced by the seasonal upwelling off Senegal and Mauritania. Utilized fresh and smoked (Ref. 9987). Highly esteemed in the market of West Africa (Ref. 5377).
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Citharichthys gilberti Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
Bigmouth sanddab |
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Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789)
Striped parrotfish |
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Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921
Doublesash butterflyfish |
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Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990
New Caledonia catshark |
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Rasbora borapetensis Smith, 1934
Blackline rasbora |