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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from all around North Island but most common on the north coast; rare in South Island waters, with a few records from the west, north and north east coast and one from the south point; Chatham Island (Ref. 4). C: Refs. 4, 82739, 89308, 89420, 89439.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

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Oceanisk languster, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 155 m (Ref. 4). Subtropical, preferred 14°C (Ref. 107945); 26°S - 47°S, 146°E - 173°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 15.5, range 14 - ? cm Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89420); common length : 30.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89420)

Carapace length: 25 cm; total body length: 38 to 56 cm and carapace lengths: 16 to 24 cm (ovigerous females) (Ref. 4).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Females are ovigerous from late September to January (Ref. 4).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.5 - 21.6, mean 15.8 (based on 108 cells).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Sagmariasus verreauxi (Milne-Edwards, 1851)