Longtail croaker (Lonchurus lanceolatus)

Scientific name: Lonchurus lanceolatus Bloch, 1788

Longtail croaker (Lonchurus lanceolatus)

The Longtail croaker (Lonchurus lanceolatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, Colombia to the Amazon delta in Brazil including the Windward islands.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 37-39; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Body often brownish to yellowish, slightly darker above. All fins darkish, pectoral fins long and jet black. Base of pelvic and anal fins yellowish. Inside of gill cover dusky. Mouth large, but inferior, nearly horizontal. Chin with a pair of moderately long, slender barbels (longer than eye diameter). Pectoral fins very long, upper rays filamentous, extending to caudal peduncle. Pelvic fins with first soft ray filamentous, extending beyond anus. Gas bladder reduced in size, much shorter than head length; bearing anteriorly 1 pair of appendages, the first short and horn-like, the second long, tube-like, and directed backward (Ref 51721).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lonchurus lanceolatus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Common length
22.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Colombia to the Amazon delta in Brazil including the Windward islands.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (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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