South Africa country information

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 Cape Cross, around the cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay, Cape Province (Ref. 4) and False Bay (Ref. 85580). C: Refs. 4, 112943; O: Ref. 85580.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Afrikanische languste, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 200 m (Ref. 4). Subtropical, preferred 18°C (Ref. 107945); 21°S - 37°S, 12°E - 26°E (Ref. 4)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 6.6, range 5 - ? cm Max length : 46.0 cm BL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4)

It has a maximum total body length of 46 cm and a carapace length of 18 cm. Maximum depth from Ref. 113432. Fisheries: The tails of this species are exported frozen in the shell, or peeled and canned. Experimental work on culture techniques for this species are underway in South Africa. Protective measures includes a size limit (carapace length 8.5 cm), a closed season from July 1 to October 31, bag limits for sports fishermen (2 specimens per day), and the prohibition of taking ovigerous females or soft shelled specimens (Ref. 4).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

The males molt between September and December. In the females, molting occurs in April or May, after which copulation takes place. Ovigerous females are found from May to October (Ref. 4).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.6 - 19.5, mean 16.7 (based on 12 cells).

Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.1-0.11).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High vulnerability (56 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Jasus lalandii (Milne-Edwards, 1837)