Yelloweye croaker
📖 Overview
Found in shallow water, entering estuaries and river mouths . Forms schools . Feeds mainly on crustaceans and pelagic fishes .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Body elongate and moderately compressed; snout prominent; lower jaw slightly prominent, with one pair of larger canine teeth; remaining teeth set in narrow bands; edge of preopercle slightly serrate; lower branch of first gill arch with 14 to 16 gill rakers; body silvery; back metallic blue; flanks striped, sometimes indistinctly; fins pale with dark tips .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: other (see Diagnosi.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Yelloweye croaker is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Yelloweye croaker is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Yelloweye croaker is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic. Tropical; 30°N -
🌿 Ecology
crustaceans and pelagic fishes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 4 records indexed .
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