アルゼンチンにおける1977年〜1982年の年間漁獲量は2,766t,2,575t,1,858t,1,506t,2,700t,1,348t(FAO, 1984)で,フライなどとして賞味される。年令と全長の関係は11.7cm(1年),18.9cm(2年),23.5cm(3年),27.4cm(4年),30.3cm(5年),33.7cm(6年),35.5cm(7年),39.5cm(8年)と成長は遅い(Bellisio, López and Torno, 1979)。
(中村 泉)
Material examined:
10 from Argentina (154.2-254.3 mm SL), 10 from Chile (249.0-394.8 mm SL), FAKU 42801, 42810, 43452, 43457, 43458, 43462, 43465, 43467, 43473, 43474; CP 54, 296, 297, 282, 283, 399, 490, 848-850.
Description:
D ]T-]V, 24-28; A V, 12-15; P1 14-15; P2 T, 5; GR 4-7+1+14-16=20-23; BR 7; LLS 55-63; V 11-12+23-24=34-36.
HL 27.8-29.7% of SL; ED 6.1-7.0; BD 34.5-49.5; BW 12.3-15.8; SN 11.2-13.3; IO 6.8-8.8; UJ 7.5-12.9; CP 7.1-8.8; P1L 39.3-45.8; P2L 18.1-20.9; D1H 11.7-15.6; D2H 6.9-9.4; AH 8.9-10.5.
Body deep, extremely compressed, body depth 2.6-3.0 times in SL. Head large, about 3.5 times in SL. Snout long, about twice as eye diameter. Eye moderate, 5 times in head. Mouth small, slightly protractile with well developed fleshy lips on both jaws. Posterior end of upper jaw extending below anterior nostril, never reaching anterior margin of eye. Villiform teeth bands on both jaws. Gill-rakers short. Pseudobranchiae present. Nostrils situated nearer to anterior margin of eye than to tip of snout, anterior nostril round without flap. Interorbital region slightly round, its width about 1.3 times in snout. Small cycloid scales on head except snout and both jaws. Scales on body, large cycloid and not easily deciduous. Scaly sheath developed in bases of dorsal and anal fins. Dorsal fin spines long and extremely strong. Three strong and tough anal fin spines, with second spine longest. Pelvic fin well developed, its tip nearly reaching anus. Pectoral fin large, with elongate 10th fin ray. Caudal fin deeply forked. Lateral line gently curved, running parallel to dorsal profile from posttemporal region to caudal fin base.
Distribution:
Off Brazil to Argentine Patagonia in the Atlantic, and Chile in the Pacific.
Remarks:
Bahamonde and Pequeño (1975) recognized Cheiloductylus bicornis (Steindachner) and Cheiloductylus variegatus Valenciennes, and did not recognize Cheiloductylus bergi in Chile.
(Izumi NAKAMURA)
Distribution of Cheilodactylus bergi in Patagonia.
Lateral line scale (left) and scale below lateral line (right).