White croaker
📖 Overview
Found over sandy bottoms . Feed on polychaetes, small shrimps, crabs and mollusks . Oviparous, multiple pelagic spawner .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 24; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12; Vertebrae: 25. Pelvic fins with fleshy appendage at base, first ray with free thread-like tip.: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for White croaker is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for White croaker is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
A multiple spawner .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 183 m , usually ? - 30 m . Subtropical; 49°N - 24°N, 129°W - 111°W north of California, USA.
🌿 Ecology
polychaetes, small shrimps, crabs and mollusks (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Croaker · King Croaker · King-fish · Kingfish · Roncador · Tomcod · white croaker |
| 🌍CES | smuha bělavá |
| 🇩🇪German | Weißer Umberfisch |
| 🇫🇷French | Courbine Blanche · Maigre Argenté · tambour rayé |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Shiroguchi |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Kulbiniec kalifornijski |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Corvina-de-San-Francisco · Rabeta-branca |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Белый ронкадор |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Roncador Blanco · corvineta blanca |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 8 records indexed .
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