Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 30; Vertebrae: 25. Ventral limbs of swim bladder appendages bearing branches directed forward. Only 4 or 5 posterior appendages enveloping bladder. Females lack drumming muscles. Last pleural rib on 10th vertebrae. Mouth lining pigmented. Membrane between opercular spines paler posteriorly.

Common Names

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African blackmouth croaker , English , Global

馬氏黑姑魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

马氏黑姑鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Corvina boca negra , Portuguese , Mozambique

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Sciaenidae

Genus: Atrobucca

Species: Atrobucca marleyi (Norman, 1922)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique (Ref. 5213) and Natal, South Africa.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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benthopelagic