Black musselcracker
| Black musselcracker | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Cymatoceps Smith, 1938 |
| Species: | C. nasutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymatoceps nasutus Castelnau, 1861 | |
The black musselcracker (Cymatoceps nasutus) is a South African species of marine fish in the family Sparidae.[2] It is the only species of its genus Cymatoceps. It reaches 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in length and almost 35 kg (77 lb) in weight.[2] It is found in coastal rocky areas to depths of 80 m (260 ft), and feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates such as crabs and sea urchins.[2]
References
- ↑ Mann, B.Q.; Buxton, C.D. & Carpenter, K.E. (2009). "Cymatoceps nasutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Cymatoceps nasutus" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
External links
- "Cymatoceps Smith, 1938". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- World Register of Marine Species link: Cymatoceps (+species list)
- "Cymatoceps". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- "Cymatoceps nasutus (Castelnau, 1861)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- "Cymatoceps nasutus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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