Tonkin weakfish
📖 Overview
Overview information for Tonkin weakfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 29; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Silvery grey on back, pale below. Trunk with dotted oblique stripes along scale rows. Inside opercle black, visible externally. Spinous dorsal-fin margin dark. Mouth large, slightly oblique, lower jaw projecting. Upper jaw with a pair of large canine-like teeth at tip. Chin without barbels or pores. Snout with 2 marginal pores. Gas bladder with a pair of straight, horn-like anterior appendages. Soft dorsal fin unscaled except 2 or 3 rows of small scales along its base (Ref 51721).: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
Diet information for Tonkin weakfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 60 m . Tropical; 12°N - 4°N
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Tonkin weakfish |
| 🌍CES | smuha kolumbijská |
| 🇫🇷French | Acoupa tonquiche |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | マドイナガニベ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Pescada · pescada-negra · pescada-preta |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Зубатый горбыль |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Corvinata Tonquicha |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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