Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus)

Scientific name: Argyrosomus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843

Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus)

The Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae.

Biology

Adult fish found mainly near shore beyond the surf zone, occasionally going inshore. Juveniles exclusively found inshore. Juveniles recruit to estuaries at about 30 cm TL. An important food fish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Argyrosomus japonicus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
181
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: African southeast coast from Cape of Good Hope to southern Mozambique; northern Indian Ocean off Pakistan and northwest coast of India; northern Pacific from southern Korea and Japan, along the Chinese coast to Hong Kong; in Australia along the entire southern seaboard from North West Cape (north of Shark Bay) in Western Australia to the Burnett River (north of Brisbane) in Queensland.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=6; tmax=40; K=0.03-0.24; Fec=900,000-1 million)

Sources

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

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