Bronze Croaker
Otolithoides biauritus
- Group: Other
- Max size: 1.6 m
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: DD
The bronze croaker hunts small fishes and invertebrates over coastal and inshore bottoms and grows to a hefty 160 centimetres. Like other croakers it drums with its swim bladder, and that organ is sold dried and salted alongside its fresh flesh.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Eupercaria incertae sedis › Sciaenidae › Otolithoides
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 281949.
FAQ
- Is the Bronze Croaker dangerous to divers?
- The Bronze Croaker is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Bronze Croaker get?
- The Bronze Croaker grows to about 1.6 m.