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Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor, 1849)

Bronze croaker
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Common names: Bronze croaker, Bronze-croaker, Dori
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Maharashtra, Gujarat coast of Dwaraka and Kutch (Ref. 45255). Often reported from the Hooghly estuary, West Bengal (Ref. 4833). Also found in Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108). Also Ref. 2113.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hiid-admiralkala, 短吻拟牙, Nat-ka-taw-gyee, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Otolithoides: Greek, ous, oto = ear + Greek, lithos = stone + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 27°N - 1°N, 61°E - 120°E

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