WoRMS taxon details
Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950
217744 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217744)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Davies, D. H. (1950). A new species of Macruronus from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 3 (30) (art. 44): 512-515. [Date of publication from Evenhuis 2003:52 [ref. 27365].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935008654076 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Town
type locality contained in Cape Town [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217744 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Davies, D. H. (1950). A new species of Macruronus from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> 3 (30) (art. 44): 512-515. [Date of publication from Evenhuis 2003:52 [ref. 27365].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935008654076 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
additional source Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Length maximum length about 100 cm [details]
