black Chinese croaker
Atrobucca nibe
- Usual depth24–287 m
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
About this species
Atrobucca is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the Indo-West Pacific region.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Atrobucca”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 24–287 m · Deepest record: 437 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- black Chinese croaker, Black Croaker, blackmouth croaker, Croaker, Drab Croaker, Longfin Kob, Longmouth Croaker
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Corvina Negra
- French
- Courbine Noire, Maigre Noire
- Japanese
- Kuroguchi, クログチ
- Simplified Chinese
- 烏喉, 黑䱛, 黑, 黑口, 黑姑魚
Other scientific names: Argyrosomus nibe, Nibea nibe, Nibea pingi, Pseudotolithus brunneolus, Sciaena nibe
Similar species
- Largehead croaker
Atrobucca alcocki
- Orange Croaker
Atrobucca brevis
- Black-spot Croaker
Atrobucca kyushini
- Japanese meagre
Argyrosomus japonicus
- Squaretail kob
Argyrosomus thorpei
- Geelbeck croaker
Atractoscion aequidens
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 178 open-data records from 1900 to 2010.
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