Kingklip
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Kingklip ( Genypterus capensis ) |
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The kingklip ( Genypterus capensis ) is a species of fish from the male bearded family (Ophidiidae). The eel-like bottom fish lives on the coasts of South Africa and Namibia on rocky regions of the continental shelf and the continental slope at a depth of 50 to 500 meters. It feeds on smaller fish, squids and crustaceans . The spawning season is from August to October. Young fish live in shallower regions than the adults .
features
Genypterus capensis grows up to 1.80 m long and up to 15 kg. It is colored orange or pink. He wears dark spots on his back. The dorsal fin has about 150 fin rays , the anal fin about 100. Both fins have grown together with the caudal fin to form a continuous fin edge.
It is currently unclear whether Genypterus capensis and the closely related Genypterus blacodes are two different species.
use
Genypterus capensis is a good edible fish and is often caught commercially with pelagic trawls as by-catch in the hake fishery . In 2004, 12,310 tons were landed mainly from South Africa and Namibia. Of Genypterus blacodes , also marketed as Kingklip, 30,446 tons were caught in 2014; the biggest catching nations here are Argentina and New Zealand .
Its flesh is white, firm, boneless and has an unmistakable taste. It can be found as fresh fish on the menu in almost all good restaurants in the South African Cape region . In Europe it is usually offered frozen in stores. In Andalusia , the Kingklip under the name Rosada (de Cabo) is a very widespread offer in gastronomy and is also often found in the markets.
literature
- Nielsen, JG; Cohen, DM; Markle, DF; Robins, CR: Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalog of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, vol. 18. Rome, FAO. 1999. PDF
Web links
- Kingklip on Fishbase.org (English)
- Kingklip. Entry in the fish lexicon on DeutscheSee.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kingklip. Entry in the fish lexicon on DeutscheSee.de , accessed on March 26, 2017.
- ^ FAO Capture Production of Genypterus capensis. Fishbase.org, accessed March 26, 2017.
- ↑ Species Fact Sheets Genypterus blacodes (Forster, 1801). FAO website, accessed March 26, 2017.
- ↑ on common names in numerous languages see: Genypterus capensis (Smith, 1847). Catalog of Life , 2016 Annual Checklist, accessed March 26, 2017.
- ↑ What is Rosada? Village life in Andalucia blog, July 14, 2011 (English).