Taiwan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 2000
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from northern (Tung-hsiao and Chang-hwa) and southern Taiwan (Ref. 43515). Reported from the Penghu Islands (Ref. 43515, 55073). Also Ref. 4868.
National Checklist: Taiwan
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
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Common names from other countries

نحيف أسود, 黑姑鱼, Maigre noire, ... more

Main reference

Sasaki, K. and P.J. Kailola. 1988. (Ref. 7483)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 45.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9772); common length : 25.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9772)

Length at first maturity
L_m 14.5 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 45 - 200 m (Ref. 9772), usually ? - 120 m (Ref. 7483)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 38°N - 31°S, 30°E - 137°E

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique and Natal, South Africa (Ref. 12484), India (Ref. 4373); China, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, and off northern Australia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-33; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7. A small, moderately-deep-bodied species. Swim bladder carrot-shaped, with 24 to 30 pairs of branched appendages, each with a dorsal and a ventral limb, regularly arranged so that the twiglets of the dorsal limb point backwards, and those near the tip of the ventral limb point forwards. The lateral line scales reaching the tip of the caudal fin. The linings of the mouth, gill chamber and body cavity black.

Found in coastal waters down to a depth of 200 m or deeper (Ref. 9772), on seaweed beds and gravel (Ref. 11230). Important food fish.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5010 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.0 ±0.69 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.15-0.3)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (56 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Atrobucca nibe (Jordan & Thompson, 1911)