Goldtail croaker
📖 Overview
Found in coastal waters over sandy and muddy bottoms. Moves to the nursery and feeding areas in estuaries during summer months and sometimes enters freshwaters. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, worms and occasionally fishes. Mostly used as bait.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 23; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Colour silvery, greenish, or bluish above, bright silvery to yellowish on belly. Lower fins mostly yellowish to dusky. Mouth terminal, moderately large and oblique. Chin without barbel but with 6 mental pores (median pair often set in a pit). Preopercle with few spines at angle. Anal second spine sharp, more than 2/3 length of first soft ray. Gas bladder with 2 chambers. Anterior chamber yoke-shaped without appendages, posterior chamber simple, carrot-shaped. Lapillus enlarged, about 1/2 the size of sagitta (Ref 51721).: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Goldtail croaker is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Goldtail croaker is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Subtropical; 41°N - 21°N
🌿 Ecology
crustaceans, worms and occasionally fishes
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | American silver perch · Goldtail Croaker · Silver croaker · silver perch |
| 🌍CES | smuha zlatavá |
| 🇩🇪German | Amerikanischer Silberbarsch · Silber-Umber |
| 🇫🇷French | Mamselle blanche |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Corvina-de-cauda-dourada |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Corvineta Blanca · Pollito · Postá · ronco amarillo |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 銀色貝氏石首魚 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 181 records indexed .
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