Genyonemus lineatus
White Croaker
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Sciaenidae (Drums and Croakers)
Genyonemus
Genyonemus lineatus (White Croaker)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal. Pelvic fins with fleshy appendage at base, first ray with free thread-like tip.
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Canada (Barkley Sound in British Columbia) to Mexico (southern Baja California; rare north of California, USA.
Habitat Associations
Marine. benthopelagic.
Biology
Found over sandy bottoms (Ref. 9118). Feed on polychaetes, small shrimps, crabs and mollusks (Ref. 9118). Oviparous, multiple pelagic spawner (Ref. 51256).
Max length: 41.0 cm TL; max age: 15 years.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none. A multiple spawner (Ref. 51256).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2019-10-10. Resilience: Medium (tm=1; tmax = 15; Min batch fecundity = 800).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish.
References
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983) A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
Hart, J.L. (1973) Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p.
Chao, L.N. (1995) Sciaenidae. Corvinas, barbiches, bombaches, corvinatas, corvinetas, corvinillas, lambes, pescadillas, roncachos, verrugatos. p. 1427-1518. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico Centro-oriental. 3 volumes. 1813 p.
Macchi, G.J. (1998) Preliminary estimate of spawning frequency and batch fecundity of striped weakfish, Cynoscion striatus, in coastal waters off Buenos Aires province. Fish. Bull. 96(2):375-381.
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