Bronze croaker (Otolithoides biauritus)

Scientific name: Otolithoides biauritus Cantor, 1849

Bronze croaker (Otolithoides biauritus)

The Bronze croaker (Otolithoides biauritus) is a marine fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Pakistan and along the coasts of India and Sri Lanka to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Viet Nam.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-32; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Otolithoides biauritus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
160
Common length
100.0
Environment
Marine; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and along the coasts of India and Sri Lanka to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Viet Nam.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.14-0.21)

Sources

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

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