Mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy)

Scientific name: Miichthys miiuy Basilewsky, 1855

Mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy)

The Mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, western Japan to the East China Sea.

Biology

Inhabits coastal waters, with mud to sandy mud bottoms. Used in Chinese medicine.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Miichthys miiuy
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
70.0
Depth range
15–100 m (49–328 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous; depth range 15 - 100 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: western Japan to the East China Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.3)

Sources

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

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