Big-head pennah croaker (Pennahia macrocephalus)

Scientific name: Pennahia macrocephalus Tang, 1937

Big-head pennah croaker (Pennahia macrocephalus)

The Big-head pennah croaker (Pennahia macrocephalus) is a marine fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Taiwan to southern China, off Sarawak, eastern tip of the Malay Peninsula and southern Java.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-29; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pennahia macrocephalus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
23.0
Common length
18.0
Depth range
100 m (328 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 100 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Taiwan to southern China, off Sarawak, eastern tip of the Malay Peninsula and southern Java.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly 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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