Shorthead drum (Larimus breviceps)

Scientific name: Larimus breviceps Cuvier, 1830

Shorthead drum (Larimus breviceps)

The Shorthead drum (Larimus breviceps) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, Antilles and Costa Rica to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also Honduras.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24-26; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Colour silvery grey, darker above. A dark spot at bases of pectoral fins. Pelvic and anal fins often yellowish. A medium-sized to small fish, short and robust. Mouth very large, strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting. Teeth very small and sharp, set in 1 or 2 rows along edges of jaws. Chin without barbels, but with 4 minute pores. Snout with 5 marginal pores, no rostral pores. Gas bladder with a pair of small, horn-like anterior appendages. Sagitta (large earstone) thick and short (Ref 51721).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Larimus breviceps
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
31.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
60 m (197 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 60 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Antilles and Costa Rica to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also Honduras.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; bait: occasionally
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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