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Genypterus capensis (Kingklip)

Synonyms: Hoplophycis lalandi; Xiphiurus capensis
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Wikipedia Abstract

Genypterus capensis (Smith, 1847), commonly known as kingklip, is a species of cusk eel occurring along the Southern African coast from Walvis Bay in Namibia to Algoa Bay in South Africa, and is closely related to Genypterus blacodes from New Zealand. The species grows to a maximum length of 180 cm, a weight of 15.0 kg, and is one of the most popular fish items on South African menus. Despite appearances it is not closely related to the eel familyof Anguilliformes. 'Genypterus' is derived from 'genyos' = face, jaw and 'pteron' = wing, fin
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Arctocephalus pusillus (Brown Fur Seal)[2]
Rostroraja alba (White skate)[2]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Feeding pattern of the kingklip (Genypterus capensis)and its effect on the hake (Merluccius capensis) resource off the coast of Namibia, E. Macpherson, Marine Biology 78, 105-112 (1983)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0