Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 26; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Colour greyish above, silvery below. Faint dark streaks on sides, oblique above, longitudinal below lateral line. Dorsal and caudal fins greyish with dark margin, anterior part of anal fin speckled. Mouth subterminal and oblique. Chin without barbel but with 5 pores. Preopercle serrated with few strong pines at angle. Second anal-fin spine very strong, as long as first soft ray. Gas bladder with 2 chambers, the anterior one yoke-shaped without appendages, the posterior one simple, carrot-shaped. Lapillus (small earstone) enlarged, more than half of sagitta (large earstone) (Ref 51721).

Common Names

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Ground croaker , English , USA

Ground croaker , English , Mexico

Ground croaker , English , Belize

Ground croaker , English , Global

Ground Croaker , English , Cuba

Ground drummer , English , Cuba

Ground drummer , English , Haiti

Ground drummer , English , Puerto Rico

Mamselle rouio , French , France

Mamselle rouio , French , Global

大眼貝氏石首魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大眼贝氏石首鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Umbra , Polish , Poland

Bororo , Portuguese , Brazil

Cororoca , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Ticopá , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Robalo-aratanha , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil

Robalo-miragaia , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil

Robalo-miraguaia , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil

Pescada espinho duro , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Pescada-aratanha , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Pescado-aratanha , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Roncador , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Corvina , Portuguese (Spanish) , Brazil

Corvina coruca , Portuguese (Spanish) , Brazil

Bororó , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Canganguá , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Cangauá , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Cangoá , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Canguá , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Canguaguá , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Congoá , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Mirucaia , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Pirucaia , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil

Corvina , Spanish , Cuba

Corvina espinosa , Spanish , Cuba

Corvineta ruyo , Spanish , Spain

Corvineta ruyo , Spanish , Nicaragua

Corvineta ruyo , Spanish , Venezuela

Gogó , Spanish , Dominican Rp

Ronco , Spanish , Haiti

Ronco , Spanish , Cuba

Ronco rayado , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Sciaenidae

Genus: Bairdiella

Species: Bairdiella ronchus (Cuvier, 1830)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea southward to Brazil.

Biology

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Found in coastal waters, over muddy and sandy bottoms. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Important food fish.

Habitat

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brackish