Lesser tigertooth croaker (Otolithes cuvieri)

Scientific name: Otolithes cuvieri Trewavas, 1974

Lesser tigertooth croaker (Otolithes cuvieri)

The Lesser tigertooth croaker (Otolithes cuvieri) is a marine fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Western Indian Ocean, coasts of India and Pakistan.

Biology

Inhabits inshore and coastal waters. Carnivorous feeder. Feeds on Acetes spp., penaeid prawns, deep-sea prawns, fishes, stomatopods, mollusks, isopods, copepods and fish larvae.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Otolithes cuvieri
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
39.0
Common length
20.0
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: coasts of India and Pakistan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.5)

Sources

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

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