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Nebris occidentalis Vaillant, 1897 Pacific smalleye croaker |
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photo by
Béarez, P. |
| Family: | Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) | |||
| Max. size: | 60 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; brackish; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Pacific: Guatemala to Peru. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Body elongate and rounded in cross section; snout prominent; mouth very large and oblique; lower jaw prominent; teeth small and set on narrow crests; eyes very small, their diameter contained 8 to 10 times in head length; lower branch of first gill arch with 14 to 15 gill rakers; smalll cycloid scales; back yellowish brown with grayish highlights; flanks silvery with small dark spots (Ref. 55763). | |||
| Biology: | Adults are found in the surf zone of coastal waters, in estuaries and coastal lagoons (Ref. 9118). Occasionally found in markets (Ref. 9118). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 23 January 2020 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||