Southern kingcroaker (Menticirrhus americanus)

Scientific name: Menticirrhus americanus Linnaeus, 1758

Southern kingcroaker (Menticirrhus americanus)

The Southern kingcroaker (Menticirrhus americanus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, New York to Texas, USA and Bay of Campeche to Buenos Aires, Argentina; absent in southern Florida and the Antilles.

Biology

Inhabits coastal waters, usually over sandy-mud to hard sand bottoms. Common along beaches. Juveniles occur usually in water of lower salinity.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Menticirrhus americanus
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Common length
30.0
Depth range
40 m (131 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous; depth range ? - 40 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: New York to Texas, USA and Bay of Campeche to Buenos Aires, Argentina; absent in southern Florida and the Antilles.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2)

Sources

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

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