Banded croaker (Paralonchurus brasiliensis)

Scientific name: Paralonchurus brasiliensis Steindachner, 1875

Banded croaker (Paralonchurus brasiliensis)

The Banded croaker (Paralonchurus brasiliensis) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, Panama to southern Brazil. Reported in Yucatan, Mexico.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 29-30; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Body silvery to yellowish, brown above, whitish below. Sides with 7 to 9 dark vertical bars extending to below lateral line. A large dark brown spot, larger than eye, behind upper end of gill slit. Mouth small, inferior, nearly horizontal. Chin with 5 pores and many barbels, 3 or 4 pairs in a tuft around median pore and 10 to 12 pairs along inner edges of lower jaw. Caudal fin asymmetrically rhomboidal with lower half pointed. Gas bladder well developed, much longer than head length, bearing anteriorly 2 pairs of appendages, anterior pair slit and horn-like, lateral pair long, tube-like, and extending posteriorly to tip of main chamber (Ref 51721).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Paralonchurus brasiliensis
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Common length
25.0
Depth range
50 m (164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Panama to southern Brazil. Reported in Yucatan, Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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