Pawak croaker (Pennahia pawak)

Scientific name: Pennahia pawak Lin, 1940

Pawak croaker (Pennahia pawak)

The Pawak croaker (Pennahia pawak) is a marine fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Western Pacific, Taiwan to southern China, Gulf of Thailand, and southwest Java.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-25; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pennahia pawak
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
22.0
Common length
20.0
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Taiwan to southern China, Gulf of Thailand, and southwest Java.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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