Deep-Sea 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].]. [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Town
type locality contained in Cape Town [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217744 on 2025-05-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217744 on 2025-05-17
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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].]. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.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]
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Length maximum length about 100 cm [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | bandstert | [details] |
| English | strap-tailCape grenadier | [details] |
| French | grenadier du cap | [details] |
| Spanish | granadero del cabo | [details] |
