Metanephrops mozambicus, African lobster : fisheries
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Metanephrops mozambicus   Macpherson, 1990

African lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Nephropidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; गहराई सीमा 180 - 750 m (संदर्भ 106911), usually 400 - 500 m (संदर्भ 106911).  Tropical, preferred 26°C (संदर्भ 107945); 3°S - 33°S, 31°E - 46°E (संदर्भ 4)

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Southwest Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific: from Kenya to Natal.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm 4.9, range 3 - ? cm Max length : 20.5 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 122061); 20 cm TL (female)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

It has a maximum total length of 20.5 cm (male) and 20 cm (female); and carapace lengths of 4.5 to 8.8 cm (male) and 3.7 to 8.3 (female). Minimum depth range from Ref. 122059. Occurs at depths from 200 to 750 m, but most common between 400 and 500 m (Ref. 4). Occurs along the edge of the continental slope on soft muddy substrata (Ref. 106911).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Ovigerous females between December and June (Ref. 4).

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (संदर्भ 4)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
FAO - मात्स्यिकी: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

साधन

अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Taxonomy
आम नाम
उपशब्द
आकृति विज्ञान
तस्वीरे
संदर्भ

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(मात्स्यिकी: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 12.3, mean 11.4 (based on 9 cells).
लौटाव (Ref. 69278): ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.45-0.48).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (संदर्भ 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): High.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.