| Family: |
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) |
| Max. size: |
30 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic-neritic; brackish; marine |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru. |
| Diagnosis: |
Body elongate and moderately compressed; snout prominent; lower jaw slightly prominent, with one pair of larger canine teeth; remaining teeth set in narrow bands; edge of preopercle slightly serrate; lower branch of first gill arch with 14 to 16 gill rakers; body silvery; back metallic blue; flanks striped, sometimes indistinctly; fins pale with dark tips (Ref. 55763). |
| Biology: |
Found in shallow water, entering estuaries and river mouths (Ref. 9118). Forms schools (Ref. 9118). Feeds mainly on crustaceans and pelagic fishes (Ref. 9118). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 23 January 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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