Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31 - 34; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XI, 31-34 (31); gill rakers in first gill arch 7 + 1 + 7-9; lateral line pored scales 70-73; adults without canines; emarginate caudal fin. Differs from Atractoscion aequidens and A. nobilis in having more dorsal-fin soft rays (31-34 vs. 26-29 in aequidens and 21-22 nobilis (Ref. 116590).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Sciaenidae

Genus: Atractoscion

Species: Atractoscion atelodus (Günther, 1867)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic