Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cheilodactylidae > Nemadactylus > Nemadactylus macropterus

Nemadactylus macropterus (Tarakihi; Squeeker perch; Silver perch; Silver bream; Sea bream; Perch; Mowie; Morwong; Jackassfish; Jackass morwong; Jackass fish; Deep sea perch)

Synonyms: Cheilodactylus macropterus; Cichla macroptera; Dactylopagrus macropterus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The tarakihi or jackass morwong, Nemadactylus macropterus, is a morwong of the genus Nemadactylus, found off southern Australia, the Atlantic coast of South America, and New Zealand to depths of about 400 m, on all types of bottoms. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.
View Wikipedia Record: Nemadactylus macropterus

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  5 years
Male Maturity [2]  5 years
Maximum Longevity [1]  50 years

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Arctocephalus forsteri (Australasian Fur Seal)[5]
Megadyptes antipodes (Yellow-eyed Penguin)[6]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3FOOD OF TARAKIHI IN WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY AND TASMAN BAY, NEW ZEALAND, B. L. GODFRIAUX, N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8 (1): 111-53 (1974)
♦ 4Predators of Sea Anemones, J. R. Ottaway, Tuatara: Volume 22, Issue 3, February 1977, pp. 213 - 220
♦ 5Jorrit 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.
♦ 6DIET OF THE YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1991–1993, P.J. MOORE & M.D. WAKELIN, Marine Ornithology 25: 17–29 (1997)
♦ 7Gibson, 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