Peters' banded croaker (Paralonchurus petersii)

Scientific name: Paralonchurus petersii Bocourt, 1869

Peters' banded croaker (Paralonchurus petersii)

The Peters' banded croaker (Paralonchurus petersii) is a marine fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Guatemala to Peru.

Biology

Body elongate, moderately compressed, its dorsal outline slightly arched; snout prominent; mouth small and inferior; lower jaw enclosed by upper; chin with 5 pores and 22 to 24 pairs of small barbels; edge of preopercle smooth; lower branch of first gill arch with 10 to 11 gill rakers; body uniformly dark brown with bronze highlights; belly silvery to reddish; pectoral fins black, including axillae; dorsal, pelvic, anal and caudal fins dark.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Paralonchurus petersii
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
35.0
Common length
20.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Guatemala to Peru.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor 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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