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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Atrobucca: Latin, atro = black + Latin, bucca = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 105 m (Ref. 7483). Tropical, preferred ?
Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea off Bombay, India and Sind, Pakistan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7483)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 24-28;
Vertebrae: 25. Drumming muscles present in males, absent in females. Last pleural rib on 10th vertebrae. Eye almost equally large in both young and adults.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sasaki, K. and P.J. Kailola, 1988. Three new Indo-Australian species of the sciaenid genus Atrobucca, with a reevaluation of generic limit. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(3):261-277. (Ref. 7483)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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