Table 1. List of age-structured species groups for CRAM (McGregor et al., 2019b).
‘Keystone’ is the keystone ranking from McGregor et al. (2019b), where 1 is the highest. ‘Informance’ is the informance rating from McGregor et al. (2019b) where 1 is the highest (‘No data gaps, performed well, abundance index available’) through to 4 which is the lowest (‘Poorly specified’). Ben: benthic; Dem: demersal; invert: in-vertivore; pisc: piscivore; Invert comm: commercial invertebrates; herb: herbivore; scav: scavenger.
| Specices group | Main species | Keystone | Informance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow squid | Arrow squid | 19 | 3 |
| Baleen whales | Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) | 25 | 4 |
| Basketwork eel | Basketwork eels (Diastobranchus capensis) | 18 | 3 |
| Baxters dogfish | Baxter’s dogfish (Etmopterus baxteri) | 28 | 2 |
| Ben fish deep | Four-rayed rattail (Coryphaenoides subserrulatus) | 35 | 2 |
| Ben fish shal | Oblique banded rattail (Coelorinchus aspercephalus) | 5 | 1 |
| Black oreo | Black oreo (Allocyttus niger) | 26 | 2 |
| Bollons rattail | Bollons’ rattail (Caelorinchus bollonsi) | 16 | 1 |
| Cephalopod other | Squid & octopus | 14 | 2 |
| Cetacean other | Primarily sperm & pilot whales & dolphins | 9 | 4 |
| Dem fish pisc | Giant stargazer (Kathetostoma giganteum) | 31 | 3 |
| Elasmobranch invert | Primarily skates & dogfish | 32 | 1 |
| Elasmobranch pisc | Primarily semi-pelagic sharks | 17 | 2 |
| Epiben fish deep | Spiky oreo (Neocyttus rhomboidalis) | 22 | 2 |
| Epiben fish shal | Common roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) | 8 | 2 |
| Ghost shark | Dark ghost shark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae) | 30 | 2 |
| Hake | Hake (Merlucciidae australis) | 10 | 1 |
| Hoki | Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) | 1 | 1 |
| Invert comm herb | Paua (Haliotidae) & kina (Evechinus chloroticus) | 21 | 2 |
| Invert comm scav | Primarily scampi & crabs | 33 | 2 |
| Javelinfish | Javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis) | 27 | 1 |
| Ling | Ling (Genypterus blacodes) | 11 | 2 |
| Lookdown dory | Lookdown dory (Cyttus traversi) | 20 | 1 |
| Mackerels | Slender jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi) | 15 | 2 |
| Orange roughy | Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) | 2 | 1 |
| Pelagic fish lge | Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) | 29 | 2 |
| Pelagic fish med | Barracouta (Thyrsites atun) | 7 | 3 |
| Pelagic fish sml | Myctophids (Myctophidae) | 4 | 3 |
| Pinniped | NZ fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) | 36 | 4 |
| Reef fish | Blue cod (Parapercis colias) | 24 | 2 |
| Rock lobster | Rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) | 37 | 3 |
| Seabird | Seabirds & shorebirds | 6 | 4 |
| Seaperch | Seaperch (Helicolenus spp.) | 34 | 2 |
| Shovelnosed dogfish | Shovelnosed dogfish (Deania calcea) | 12 | 2 |
| Smooth oreo | Smooth oreo (Pseudocyttus maculatus) | 23 | 2 |
| Spiny dogfish | Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) | 3 | 2 |
| Warehou | Silver, white & blue warehou (Seriolella spp.) | 13 | 3 |