''Parascorpis typus'', commonly known as the jutjaw, is a

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centrarchiform Centrarchiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, previously included amongst the perciformes. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Centrarchiformes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...

fish, the only known member of its

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and family. It is native to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa where it is known to occur along the coasts of Mozambique and South Africa. It is found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of TL. This species is considered to be a good foodfish, but they are currently not sought out by

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and are caught only rarely by anglers.

References

Centrarchiformes Fish described in 1875 Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Fish of Mozambique {{Centrarchiformes-stub