Yellow croaker
📖 Overview
Yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis), first described by Bleeker, 1877 is a large fish in the family Sciaenidae (order Perciformes). Adults typically reach 40.00 cm in maximum length. Reported lifespan reaches approximately 23 years. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. It occurs in Subtropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator. On the IUCN Red List, it is classified as Least Concern.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31 - 36; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 28 - 30. Body gold when fresh. Soft-rayed portions of dorsal and anal fins mostly covered with scales. Posterior part of pectoral fin not black. Anal soft rays usually 9 .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
They have a habit of leaping above the sea. In winter, they move to warm water. The breeding season is from March to June. Usually they spawn 30,000 to 70,000 eggs.
🦐 Diet
They are benthopelagic feeders that usually eat shrimp, zooplankton, or sometimes small fishes.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous ; depth range ? - 120 m . Subtropical; 41°N - 22°N, 117°E - 141°E Northwest Pacific: Yellow and East China seas.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Croaker · Redlip Croaker · Yellowfish · little yellow croaker · small yellow croaker · yellow croaker |
| 🌍CES | smuha korejská |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kiguchi · キグチ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 참조기 |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Roncadeira-amarela-menor · Roncadeira-da-Manchúria |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Малый жёлтый горбыль |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 厚鱗仔 · 小黃瓜 · 小黃魚 · 黃魚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyrosomus polyactis | Bleeker | 1877 | Synonym |
| Collichthys polyactis | Bleeker | 1877 | Synonym |
| Collichthys rathbunae | Jordan & Starks | 1905 | Synonym |
| Larimichthys rathbunae | Jordan & Starks | 1905 | Synonym |
| Othonias brevirostris | Wang | 1935 | Synonym |
| Pseudosciaena manchurica | Jordan & Thompson | 1911 | Synonym |
| Pseudosciaena polyactis | Bleeker | 1877 | Synonym |
| Sciaena manchurica | Jordan & Thompson | 1911 | Synonym |
| Sciaena ogiwara | Nichols | 1913 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 3 records indexed .
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