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Common names: Bakoko, Bakokong moro, Bakuko
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Non-trype specimens taken from Palawan I. (Ref. 86288). Also Ref. 26129, 43275.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Iwatsuki, Y., M. Kume and T. Yoshino, 2010
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Common names from other countries

Pikey bream, Black bream, Okeh, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Acanthopagrus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, pagros, a kind of fish (Ref. 45335); pacificus: Name refers to its distribution in the western Pacific. .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; saumâtre. Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Pacific: Japan to Australia.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ?, range 21 - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 86288); 34.8 cm SL (female)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 11; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 11; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 8 - 9. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: 3.5 scale rows between fifth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line; ventral edge of first two infraorbitals above rear end of maxilla straight in fish less than ca 30 cm SL, but a moderate concavity of the ventral edge of the first two infraorbitals above the posterior part of upper jaw obvious in specimens about 35 cm SL; front edge of dorsal scaly area on head slightly curved (convex) without small scales; total gill rakers 15-19, modally 17; deeper body, 45-48% SL (mean 47% SL); A III, 8-9, usually III, 8; smaller orbit diameter, 2.9-4.9 (mean 3.7) in head length/orbit diameter; second anal-fin spine (2AS) clearly longer than third anal-fin spine (3AS), 2AS/3AS 1.2-1.56 (mean 1.4); scales on preopercle flange absent; pelvic and anal fins uniformly dark black (Ref. 86288).

Mainly in brackish waters of estuaries and inlets, coastal rivers and tidal creeks, occasionally entering lower sections of freshwater streams (Ref. 44894). Juveniles inhabit protected bays and estuaries (Ref. 47715). Usually occurs singly or small groups, but may migrate in schools (Ref. 48635). A popular angling species, often caught with hook and line (Ref. 44894).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Iwatsuki, Y., M. Kume and T. Yoshino, 2010. A new species, Acanthopagrus pacificus from the Western Pacific (Pisces, Sparidae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, 36(4):115-130. (Ref. 86288)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 March 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)