China country information

Common names: Dà huáng yú, Dà xiān, Huáng guā yú
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Pohai Sea (Ref. 43239). Reported from Luisha Bay, Guangdong (Ref. 130538).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tambour à gros yeux, Corvina japonesa, 大黄鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 120 m (Ref. 43239). Temperate; 38°N - 13°N, 106°E - 141°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Northwest Pacific: from central Vietnam to South Korea and Japan, Yellow and East China seas.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4537); peso máximo publicado: 243.60 g (Ref. 124479); edad máxima reportada: 6 años (Ref. 104735)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 9 - 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 30 - 35; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 9; Vértebra: 25 - 26. Body gold when fresh. Soft-rayed portions of dorsal and anal fins mostly covered with scales. Posterior part of pectoral fin not black. Anal soft rays usually 8 (Ref. 41299).

Inhabit coastal waters and estuaries (Ref. 2113). Found in muddy or muddy-sandy bottoms shallower than 120 m depth (Ref. 43239). Feed on crustaceans and fishes.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bd); Date assessed: 30 June 2016

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)