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Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847)

Gulf kingcroaker
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Trinidad and Tobago country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.cep.unep.org/trini_tbgo/fisheries/index.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Menticirrhus: Latin, mentum = beard, chin + Latin, cirrus = curly.

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

marinhas; estuarina demersal; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 10 - ? m.   Subtropical; 38°N - 33°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande del Sur, Brazil.

Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm 23.0, range 20 - ? cm
Max length : 48.3 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3702); peso máx. publicado: 1.4 kg (Ref. 40637)

Descrição suscinta Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Grayish brown above, shading to silvery below, no prominent bars. Lower jaw has single, stout, peg-like barbel with pore at tip. Scales on belly smaller than those on side (Ref. 26938).

Biologia     Glossário (p.ex. epibenthic)

Occurs usually in coastal waters over sandy and muddy bottoms; juveniles are abundant in the surf zone. Sometimes enters estuaries. Feeds mainly on worms and crustaceans. Excellent food fish (Ref. 26938).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

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