Gulf kingcroaker
📖 Overview
Occurs usually in coastal waters over sandy and muddy bottoms; juveniles are abundant in the surf zone. Sometimes enters estuaries. Feeds mainly on worms and crustaceans. Excellent food fish .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Grayish brown above, shading to silvery below, no prominent bars. Lower jaw has single, stout, peg-like barbel with pore at tip. Scales on belly smaller than those on side .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Gulf kingcroaker is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Gulf kingcroaker is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous ; depth range 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 38°N - 33°S
🌿 Ecology
worms and crustaceans
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Gulf Kingfish · Gulf kingcroaker · Gulf whiting · Kingfish |
| 🌍CES | smuha pobřežní |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Golf-trommefisk |
| 🇫🇷French | Bourrugue Du Golfe |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Corvina-da-Flórida |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Прибрежный королевский горбыль |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Berrugata · Coroncoro · Lambe Berrugato · Lambe Verrugato · berrugato del Golfo |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 海灣無鰾石首魚 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 32 records indexed .
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