Queen croaker
📖 Overview
Occur inshore, often over sandy bottoms. Common in bays and tidal sloughs, around pilings. Moves to deeper water at night . Form schools. Feed on small shrimps, marine worms and fishes . Pelagic spawners .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Queen croaker is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Queen croaker is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Mean interval between spawnings is about 7.4 days.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 21 m , usually 1 - 8 m . Subtropical; 54°N - 23°N, 133°W - 109°W Recorded from British Columbia, Canada.
🌿 Ecology
small shrimps, marine worms and fishes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Drum · Queen Croaker · queenfish |
| 🌍CES | smuha uhlazená |
| 🇫🇷French | Courbine Reine · tambour royal |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Corvina-rainha |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Кинфиш |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Corvina Reina · corvineta reina |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 4 records indexed .
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