Species: Paralonchurus petersii, Buefin croaker, Peters' banded croaker


Paralonchurus petersii Bocourt, 1869
Peters' banded croaker, Buefin croaker
Body elongate, rounded; back narrow; head low, broad, blunt; snout bulbous, projecting beyond upper jaw; eye very small, about 9.0-10.0 in head length; mouth inferior, moderately oblique; teeth in villiform bands, outer row notably enlarged; chin and lower jaw with row of 22-24 slender barbels along inside; top lip notched; gill rakers small, 15-16; margin of preopercle finely serrated; dorsal with deep notch separating spiny and soft parts, X + I, 30-31, soft part long and low; anal small, with II small spines, 7; pectoral fins very large, longer than head, reaching to origin of anal fin or beyond; tail margin pointed, the longest rays below middle of fin; pored lateral-line scales 48-51; soft dorsal and anal fins with basal scaly sheath; scales on operculum smooth.
Dusky blackish without bars, whitish on ventral parts; fins dusky, pectorals, pelvics, anal and tail fins black.
Size: grows to at least 38 cm.
Inhabits coastal waters.
Depth: 1-30 m?
Guatemala to Ecuador.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Beach
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Panamic province endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 38
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 30