Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) |
31 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 500.0 g |
demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 1 - 60 m |
Western Atlantic: Antilles and Costa Rica to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also Honduras (Ref. 26938). |
Dorsal spines (total): 11-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24-26; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 7-8. Colour silvery grey, darker above. A dark spot at bases of pectoral fins. Pelvic and anal fins often yellowish. A medium-sized to small fish, short and robust. Mouth very large, strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting. Teeth very small and sharp, set in 1 or 2 rows along edges of jaws. Chin without barbels, but with 4 minute pores. Snout with 5 marginal pores, no rostral pores. Gas bladder with a pair of small, horn-like anterior appendages. Sagitta (large earstone) thick and short (Ref 51721). |
Inhabits coastal waters, usually found over mud and sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 3702). Also in estuaries (Ref. 3702). Important food fish. |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 October 2019 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
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