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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Megalonibea: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, nibea, to wash.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Temperate
Northwest Pacific: East China Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 143 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Found in sandy-muddy bottoms of continental shelves (Ref. 43239).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Trewavas, E., 1977. The sciaenid fishes (croakers or drums) of the Indo-west Pacific. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 33:253-541. (Ref. 5369)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00575 (0.00277 - 0.01195), b=3.13 (2.95 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (77 of 100). 🛈 |