Namibia country information

Common names: Monk, Monnik, Westafrikanischer Anglerfisch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Okeyo, D.O., 2005
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Caught with longlines and bottom trawls and considered one of the most valuable fish species per unit weight (Ref. 27121). Contributes a significant bycatch of the hake fishery (Ref. 36731). In 1998, experimental fishing with gill-nets started (Ref. 36731). Also Ref. 5846.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

عفريت البحر شيطان, 犁齿鮟鱇, Baudroie diable, ... more

Main reference

Caruso, J.H. 1986. (Ref. 4108)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4108); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3427); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 36279)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 40 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 150 - 400 m (Ref. 27121)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 21°C (Ref. 107945); 25°N - 37°S, 12°E - 99°E (Ref. 54569)

Distribution

Southeast Atlantic: Namibia (Ref. 5846), off South Africa (Ref. 4108).
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Found on the deeper continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 27121). Feeds mainly on bottom-living fishes (Ref. 27121, 27637) often on pilchard, round herring and horse mackerel (Ref. 36731). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 5213.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Near Threatened (NT)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5078 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.5 ±0.70 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.04-0.08; tm=4; tmax=11)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (60 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837