Blotched tiger-toothed croaker (Pterotolithus maculatus)

Scientific name: Pterotolithus maculatus Cuvier, 1830

Blotched tiger-toothed croaker (Pterotolithus maculatus)

The Blotched tiger-toothed croaker (Pterotolithus maculatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Sri Lanka round the Bay of Bengal to Borneo.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30-34; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pterotolithus maculatus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
45.0
Common length
40.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; non-migratory
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka round the Bay of Bengal to Borneo.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (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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