@Chao, N.L (iNaturalist.org)
Bigmouth Croaker Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Pterotolithus lateoides
Family : Sciaenidae
Order : Perciformes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chrodata
Habitat : Brackish water
Description : Bigmouth Croaker has a fairly small rather deep bodied species with a large,terminal mouth.Their dorsal fin has 9-10 spines and caudal fin bluntly rhomboid.Cycloid scales are found on their snout region and elsewhere ctenoid.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Otolithoides biauritus
(Bronze Croaker) -
Johnius plagiostoma
(Large-eye croaker) -
Pennahia anea
(Bigeye croaker) -
Pseudotolithus elongatus
(Bobo croaker) -
Johnius coitor
(Coitor croaker) -
Johnius macropterus
(Dendrophysa russelii) -
Dendrophysa russelii
(Goatee Croaker) -
Johnius carutta
(Karut croaker) -
Johnius borneensis
(Sharpnose hammer croaker) -
Otolithes cuvieri
(Lesser tigertooth croaker)
References:
description written by: Zarin Tasnim, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fao.org
description written by: Zarin Tasnim, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fao.org