Chinese bahaba (Bahaba taipingensis)

Scientific name: Bahaba taipingensis Herre, 1932

Chinese bahaba (Bahaba taipingensis)

The Chinese bahaba (Bahaba taipingensis) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, south China only. From the Yangtze River southwards to Hongkong.

Biology

Adults feed on shrimp, crab, and other crustaceans. Adults aggregate in estuaries to spawn. An important food fish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Bahaba taipingensis
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
200
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: south China only. From the Yangtze River southwards to Hongkong.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bd)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 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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