Biology:Panga

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Short description: Species of fish

Panga
Pterogymnus laniarius.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Pterogymnus
Smith, 1938
Species:
P. laniarius
Binomial name
Pterogymnus laniarius
(Valenciennes, 1830)

Panga or panga seabream is the common South Africa n 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

  1. 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. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T170213A1294378.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170213/1294378. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q784460 entry