Black musselcracker
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Genus: | Cymatoceps Smith, 1938
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Species: | C. nasutus
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Cymatoceps nasutus Castelnau, 1861
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The black musselcracker (Cymatoceps nasutus) is a South African species of marine fish in the family Sparidae.[2] It is the only species of its genus Cymatoceps. It reaches 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in length and almost 35 kg (77 lb) in weight.[2] It is found in coastal rocky areas to depths of 80 m (260 ft), and feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates such as crabs and sea urchins.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2014.3
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cymatoceps nasutus". FishBase. June 2012 version.