Panga
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| Genus: | Pterogymnus Smith, 1938
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| Species: | P. laniarius
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| Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830)
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Panga or panga seabream is the common South African name for Pterogymnus laniarius, a small, ocean-dwelling fish, native to the southeast Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean. Alternatively called "torpedo scads", they are cold-blooded with white flesh. Their scales are generally pink in color with whitish underbelly and blue-green stripes running laterally along their sides.
Over the course of its life, a panga will undergo periodic sex-changes with as much as 30% of the population being hermaphroditic at a time. Despite the presence of both sex organs, it is thought unlikely that both are simultaneously active. Panga are slow to reach sexual maturity, with a minimum population doubling time of 4.5–14 years.
In other countries, the name panga may refer to a different species. In Indonesia, it refers to Megalaspis cordyla, in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Poland it refers to Pangasius hypophthalmus, and in Kenya it refers to Trichiurus lepturus.
References
- ^ Mann, B.Q.; Buxton, C.D.; Russell, B.; Pollard, D.; Carpenter, K.E. (2014). "Pterogymnus laniarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T170213A1294378. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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- "Pterogymnus laniarius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterogymnus laniarius". FishBase. November 2005 version.